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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,165 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      72% 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 6,165 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
      3.0
      Jun 14, 2012

      Technologically behind

      Tech
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good 401(k) match, reasonable vacation and sick schedules, open to flexible scheduling.

      Cons

      lots of changes, big bureaucratic processes, pay cut for me, incredibly slow networks, computers and ancient technology overall.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2012

      A good company

      Research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good people with a focus on the science, and a can do attitude that get projects from "well can this work?" to a final answer. Also, business decisions made by management are implemented quickly, and efficiently with a view towards practicality and reasonableness. Also, the management team explains the purpose of their decisions and what the expected outcome for the company is intended. Top-to-down communication from management team is, in my experience, unparalleled and I know what was going on in other parts of the company on a day to day basis.

      Cons

      The demand for data is so driving that many of our project due dates seemed to be due the day before we received the project of which always put a great deal of pressure to produce hard data fast which can and did lead to mistakes which caused delays. Also, though upper management was very good at information distribution, local management wasn't as forthcoming and so often times we knew what was going on in the greater company more than we did in our own site. The last is that unless you have a Ph.D. career advancement opportunities at this company are minimal.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2012

      changing due to merger integration and market demands

      Production supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      it's merck. innovation, stability, vision. transforming its culture

      Cons

      need greater control and insight when assimilating sites cannot have one size fits all approach to staffing in world of biologics

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