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 214 reviews)); "Flexible and good work life balance" ((in 180 reviews)); "Good culture and people in general" ((in 179 reviews)); "Workplace and people are great" ((in 154 reviews)); "Good salary and that's it" ((in 121 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 27 reviews)); "bad leadership and alot of managment politics." ((in 23 reviews)); "Some office politics rears its head from time to time" ((in 14 reviews)); "Too much politics and depends who you know if you want to progress in career." ((in 10 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

(2,388 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 2,388 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

5.0

Feb 9, 2026

Great company but future uncertain

Associate specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment and culture, awesome colleagues, very flat structure, lots of internal events for staff, fun place to work at

Cons

Due to budget cuts, retrenchment and contracts were not continued, Very sad as that happened even for staff with good reviews,

4.0

Feb 9, 2026

Great place to work, learn and have fun, constrained to move forward in own career though

Senior expert

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Solid base compensation with multiple extra employment benefits. Diverse community representing dozens of different nations with very diverse & interesting cultural background. Lively after-work integration, with a lot of employer/employee - driven initiatives. Indigestible number of learning opportunities. Ok work-life balance. Agile ways of working.

Cons

Work culture deficiencies - efficient assignment of responsibilities and accountability seemed to be a structural issue. Depending on assignment -may require some work during weekends (but properly compensated). Too many strategic/tactical changes, with insufficient clarity of underpinning business rational and poor change management. Limited promotion opportunities and practicing of so-called "dry promotions" - tier responsibility increase without actual promotion.

5.0

Feb 7, 2026

Merck internship

Internship

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great benefits - friendly coworkers

Cons

The hours are sometimes unexpected

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