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 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSD?

Associate Director (81) , Intern (62) , Specialist (52) , Clinical Data Manager (46) , Engineer (46) , Estagiário (41) , Senior Specialist (40) , Manager (37) , Sales Representative (36) , Associate Specialist (35) , Project Manager (34) , Data Scientist (29) , Software Engineer (29) , Internship (24) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (23)

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 219 reviews)); "Good culture and people in general" ((in 178 reviews)); "Flexible and good work life balance" ((in 174 reviews)); "Great people and fulfilling work" ((in 152 reviews)); "Good salaries and bonuses." ((in 122 reviews))

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

"Rare that you find a good manager" ((in 50 reviews)); "No career progression and worklife balance" ((in 25 reviews)); "bad leadership and alot of managment politics." ((in 23 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 11 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.

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,386 total reviews)

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Mar 19, 2026

Specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work MSD

Cons

Manager Lead team with less clarity

5.0

Mar 17, 2026

Good culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture to work in, supportive colleagues and good work life balance

Cons

Might be abit slow for people

2.0

Mar 13, 2026

Toxic Culture, Chaotic site

Manufacturing biotech associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The overall corporate (global) portion of the company has a lot of money which masks a lot of issues at site level. MSD has a good reputation in ireland in most other sites than here.

Cons

The Dunboyne site has been completely miss-managed by the SLT & HR from the Takeda days - through covid - and up until relatively recently. There has been a small improvement after former SLT were "quiet-Fired" and rotated to irrelevant positions. American legacy directors have arrived to replace the older irish ones and they seem to have the right gusto. After years of stagnant outlook -people who deserve to be fired have been. Regarding the manufacturing dept. , Due to bad resource management and terrible hiring regimes (I.E the 2023 drive to replace the young energetic staff with incompetent, technologically & scientifically illiterate older people for less money) change in manufacturing has been glacial and thwarted. Adversarial mindset of supporting depts means no real change has occurred in years which drives high MFG staff turnover. Would not recommend the MFG dept, other dept possibly. 5 year outlook will not be good if a keytruda replacement is not found

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