Career prospects - Principal Research Scientist Pfizer Employee Review

4.0
Dec 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Outstanding work-life balance, freedom to work flexible hours, accomplished and bright colleagues to work with

Cons

Promotions are hard to come by, R&D does not seem to be a priority for the leadership

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good life balance, good compensation

Cons

Instability, upper leadership often decides to change direction.

2.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

A good amount of remote monitoring, which depending on how you view can be a positive.

Cons

Changing systems and inconsistent standards are applied to people. There are many differing models that often muddy how you are supposed to do your job, especially when other staff members don't quite understand. How do you interface with the changing models? There tends to be a lot of blame and foisting of responsibilities. Sometimes you can become overburdened with a lot of work, where people do not respect your time and think that their tasks should take priority. It is possible to be contacted late at night with work to do and then be criticized the next day for not being able to keep up.

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