Does Biogen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Biogen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Biogen. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Biogen?

69% of Biogen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Biogen 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Biogen?

Associate Director (99) , Manager (54) , Senior Manager (54) , Director (53) , Scientist (49) , Manufacturing Associate (40) , Intern (36) , Senior Scientist (25) , Patient Services Coordinator (24) , Co-Op (20) , Senior Associate Scientist (19) , Scientist II (18) , Project Manager (16) , Research Scientist (16) , Associate Scientist (15)

What are the pros of working at Biogen according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits with a lot of paid vacation; big push from management on work/life balance" ((in 372 reviews)); "Great people especially those that have been in the company for a bit of time." ((in 224 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 157 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 99 reviews)); "good pay and good work" ((in 90 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Biogen according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 77 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 64 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 55 reviews)); "Was lied to by direct manager more than once." ((in 39 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 29 reviews))

What are employees saying about Biogen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Biogen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Biogen in 2026.

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3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,048 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

73% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Biogen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,048 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Biogen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews

3.0

Oct 14, 2010

Pretty Good Place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good teamwork, great benefits and important products

Cons

Hard to get advanced to higher levels - glass ceiling due to size and levels within the company

5.0

Sep 2, 2010

Great Company to work with

Intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Biogen Idec is a great company to work for. Everybody there is eager to help if it is ever needed. The overall experience of working at the company is great.

Cons

There are a lot of contract workers within the company. Some of them end up getting hired permanently they keep a lot of them as contractors and do not allow them the opportunity to come on full time.

2.0

Jul 29, 2010

Intense culture, results-oriented, but too many employees are underhanded

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good reputation - Work with smart people - Pay and benefits are good - Some areas of the company are VERY productive and "best in class"

Cons

- Bully managers are tolerated and sometime encouraged by upper management and HR, despite complaints and notorious, chronic issues with the same people - Turnover is high under the same managers and the company does nothing to get rid of them.

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