MSD reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,396 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

85% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

MSD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,396 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
Jul 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good history, global policies, reputation of being science driven

Cons

Terrible people management, corrupt and incompetent senior leadership, absolute lack of transparency, no talent development, high degree of nepotism (new leadership filling team with incompetent co-workers from previous companies), HR only focused at gagging employees and firing people without any valid reasons. Company basically winding up operations in India and they are simply firing dozens of people every week without proper rationale or severance. Good employees leaving company for their own good.

4.0
Apr 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, good culture

Cons

Development and progression is difficult, both within depts and to other depts.

1.0
Mar 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

big company so lots of moving parts and project initiatives

Cons

Lots of intermediaries which means you will start to question what exactly is the point of your role as you will mostly be playing the role of testing and coordination of other people's work, lots of technical debt again because of intermediaries, fraudulent job ads, you might just be hired to fill a role as a third-party resource to audit someone else's work as part of their audit for compliance and not actually find yourself doing the job that was advertised. The company blocks pay, managers are unapproachable, disorganized, and lack communication. IT support is more of a frustration. To find anything you have to hunt for it - complete lack of documentation. Lack of induction. Pay is very low. Lots of rude and unhelpful people. Racist and discriminating atmosphere. Plays games with candidates during interview stage without first securing funding. Makes you work without a contract for lengths of time and have to keep asking for one. Unprofessional environment where you will discover lots of unethical and dishonest practices. Lots of inefficiencies, mismanagement of resources, and excessive use of third-party outsourcing makes one wonder why even bother hiring employees.

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