Leaves much to be desired. - Anonymous employee Merck Employee Review

2.0
Feb 16, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I appreciate the flex-time, work from home days, and autonomy provided in my position. The hands off management style of my manager allows me to get my work done.

Cons

Many in management have questionable work ethics. Biggest con for me personally is the promotion process (of which there really isn't anything standard or consistent). Promotion by favoritism is the method used over past few years. This has lead to all "Yes" men in positions of management, along with other unsavory behaviors; and no constructive input is considered.

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Work from home (that may not always be a perk, but it is now for writers), choice of flexible hours (7 AM - 9 AM starting), friendly, helpful people, great bosses, people very interested in their jobs, plus a lot of educational benefits, you are trained on all aspects of Merck and your job.

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I cannot think of any, though sometimes work from home has its drawbacks, because the employee doesn't get all the information that an onsite employee would.

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