Does MSD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MSD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MSD. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MSD?

80% of MSD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MSD 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSD?

Associate Director (81) , Intern (63) , Specialist (53) , Clinical Data Manager (46) , Engineer (46) , Estagiário (41) , Senior Specialist (40) , Associate Specialist (38) , Manager (37) , Sales Representative (36) , Project Manager (34) , Data Scientist (29) , Software Engineer (29) , Internship (24) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (24)

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

"Good benefits (e.g. a phone + almost unlimited mobile plan to all employees)." ((in 204 reviews)); "Good culture and focus on developing it's people" ((in 186 reviews)); "Flexible and good work life balance" ((in 181 reviews)); "Workplace and people are great" ((in 162 reviews)); "Good salary and that's it" ((in 136 reviews))

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

"Rare that you find a good manager" ((in 51 reviews)); "No career progression and worklife balance" ((in 28 reviews)); "bad leadership and alot of managment politics." ((in 24 reviews)); "Some office politics rears its head from time to time" ((in 15 reviews)); "Too much politics and depends who you know if you want to progress in career." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about MSD layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed MSD locations?

Buenos Aires , Munro , Vicente López , Pilar

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,402 total reviews)

Rob Davis

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

MSD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,402 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MSD 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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3.0

Mar 26, 2017

MSD big Pharma slow to change

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Higher Purpose - helping patients The people are of high calibre Opportunity to work on interesting innovative projects Very good benefits for employees

Cons

American values and culture as the norm (Global = US) - senior leadership is all in US, diversity is through the US lens, rather than international. Lots of internal politics from the US Communicating positivity, to the point of being disingenuous Lots of committees and bureaucracy, slow to change and get things done

2.0

Mar 15, 2017

Slow, not business oriented

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working times, company invests in development of the employees

Cons

Very US centric company, not business oriented. Management over 50 that never worked outside of the company. No one wants to improve company processes and its hard to push innovations there.

4.0

Mar 13, 2017

So far the best place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible working time, friendly environment, good salary, good set of benefits

Cons

lot of meetings and creativity is highly regulated, like everything else

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