MSD reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,402 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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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2K reviews
4.0
Dec 27, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good benefits (e.g. a phone + almost unlimited mobile plan to all employees). - Big name pharma company. - Friendly atmosphere. - Full stack development teams make it possible to make an IT career switch if you look for it. - A product team can get a lot of freedom in driving the development and having a say in decision making rather than just following direct orders from business (who budgets the projects). - Big support of LGBT community and diversity in general. - Very nice year end and summer parties in Prague.

Cons

- High bureaucracy due to the need of documenting literally everything. - Political games of mid-senior management create pressure inside of teams and result in unhealthy atmosphere. Fortunately, that doesn't happen to each project here. - Office seating is a constant problem (exceeding level of CO2 and very noisy work space... sometimes it's impossible to focus on your work).

2.0
Dec 21, 2019

- work at msd

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- nothing to highlight

Cons

Not recommend to work there

1.0
Dec 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I was offered more money to leave a great career with a competitor company that I had been with for many years.

Cons

I was scouted to join msd, only to be let go in a restructure. If I had known that this company history of major restructures yearly there is no way I would have moved. I wish I had never spoken to the person who recruited me, no doubt they probably got a spotter bonus for ruining my career.

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