GSK reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(10,645 total reviews)
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85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

GSK has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 10,645 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GSK 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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11K reviews
3.0
Aug 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Branching into a number of different areas of research at the moment with some opportunities being created here. Pay and benefits comparable to others within the sector. The pipeline and product replacement is probably the best in the industry right now and GSK will probably be the largest pharma within a few years. Expansion across the globe means opportunity overseas could be available.

Cons

The company continually changes its targets (which is in itself good) but never allows enough time for them to be met. Shareholders mean everything to GSK now and staff are just an unavoidable expense. If you want to work for GSK, ensure as good a pay deal and as high a grade as humanely possible because your chances of progress within this organisation are very limited. They would rather buy in skills than develp staff. There is a huge amount of 'restructuring' at this company which will likely continue for the foreseeable future, making staff morale quite low.

1.0
Aug 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is great value in accurately representing the benefits and limitations of pharmaceutical products. Physicians and patients need solutions to treat ailments and we meet that need. The benefits of a free car, free insurance, free gas,and good benefits is invaluable. The freedom from daily scrutiny by management is very valuable.

Cons

Glaxo uses its sales force as puppets. They have a tendency to stick their heads in the sand and repeat the same mistakes over and over again. The management is driving their best talent out the door. The company takes for granted the work that is required to be successful and does not fairly compensate for overtime. There is an overwhelming amount of stress associated with this company.

3.0
Aug 20, 2008

fair compensation for the industry

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay and good benefits.

Cons

Over the years, I found the company to be less transparent with their directions in regards to marketing the products and long term plans with marketing and sales of the brands. With the many FDA related issues pertaining to our products in the last several years, I found the company to be less open with the reasonings behind their decisons and strategies. Being an ethical pharmaceutical giant, head office has many policies on sales activites which regulates the sales staff in conducting business within the ethical pharma guidelines. However, these policies were not being followed by the staff mainly because pressures from the competition within and outside the company. The spirit of the ethical code is lost with the company.

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