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      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (2,386 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      84% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      MSD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,386 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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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Aug 1, 2017

      Lousy management with bad leaders

      Quality
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent team and well bonded with no office politics forged by hard times made mostly by bad managing skills of the leaders

      Cons

      The leaders are weak, selfish and irresponsible. Good at shifting blames and finding scapegoats so that they can protect their pay. Quick to claim credits but nowhere to be found when there are issues. Instead of searching for the right root causes of failure, they often take the easy way by blaming other departments.

      3.0
      Feb 6, 2015

      Good salary and compensation, questionable culture

      It specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary. Good many days off (especially in the Netherlands, France or Germany). Used to have a good training budget but times are definitly changing. Promotions rely to much on who you know and not always on your actual achievments but thats probably true for a lot of large companies. You do have good ways to develop yourself if you want to. Diversity is handled well by the company but the intregrity does not translate to true respect for the emplyees.

      Cons

      I worked in IT which was constantly on the move with not really much vision behind it. They (IT) sometimes act like they can be the next Google or Apple but it's a different kind of organization altogether. The organization changes direction every couple of year..current trend: fire their current workforce and hire cheaper employees in Eastern Europe.

      4.0
      Aug 4, 2025

      Was good, is slowly declining

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good office, recently renovated. - Good and kind people mostly - Good benefit

      Cons

      - Senior Leadership is leaving - Promotion are almost impossible due to internal politics - Announced staff dismission for over 6.000 employees until 2027

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