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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,162 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,162 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Merck 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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      6K reviews
      1.0
      May 2, 2017

      A Constant Struggle

      Pharmaceutical technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay and retirement programs are competitive.

      Cons

      The lack of organization, communication, planning, accountability, process knowledge and proper training is astonishing. That's just to name a few of the problems. All these concerns aren't just on the production floor, but yet they span all levels. I would suggest exhausting all other options and only take a job here as a last resort. It is, without question, the most poorly ran organization I have ever seen.

      2.0
      Apr 25, 2017

      poor management in R&D area

      It specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      if you are lucky to be in a good team, it can be a really good professional experience, there are lot of skilled and knowledgeable people left in Merck ( lot of them left in past few years). Exposition to new technologies is big in some positions specially in newly opened sites.

      Cons

      Since few years ago, the heavy outsourcing started and core R&D was moved over seas. IT that accompanies research is partially moved, reconstructed and there is no clear vision where company is going. Good managers with the vision left, the rest are not really capable specially in outsourced sites.

      3.0
      Apr 16, 2017

      Your standard big company

      Associate specialist, engineering
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice and smart people, good values, secure, stable, decent pay, supportive of work life balance if you are

      Cons

      Bureaucracy/red tape, increasing cost pressures, average salaries, extremely conventional, boring, too many priorities make goals impossible to accomplish, hard to change job functions

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