Don't bother to try to get into this company now - Anonymous employee Merck Employee Review

1.0
Apr 14, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Being able to perform research and help make a difference with sickness in this world is the best part of working for this company

Cons

Layoffs and more layoffs! As this company integrates with SGP it is obvious that employees are no longer considered an asset by the senior management. With all the outsourcing of jobs it is obvious that $$ is more important than the employees to top management. As we are told no one should expect to have a long career at this company any more. In fact it seems that they want to get rid of the more experienced people as they cost more to keep if you have over 10 years at this company or older than 45 you had better look over your shoulder, as you have a big bulls eye on your back The company is outsourcing everything, research, sales, manufacturing and support staff all being outsourced. Pretty soon the only thing a Merck employee will do is to slap a Merck label on the bottle.

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Pros

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