Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,163 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

83% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,163 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
2.0
Nov 16, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Merck has products in many therapeutic areas and an excellent pipeline.

Cons

Merck did not compensate their sales representatives fairly. When you are considered a "specialty" representative, and are earning 15-20k less on average than many primary care representatives, it is a disgrace.

3.0
Nov 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

in most areas, flexible work arrangements negotiable pension when most companies don't good benefits - medical, dental, vision, life, legal, flex accounts, long term care if you get the right manager/department, training opportunities possible possible to have many careers with the same employer global company

Cons

hierarchical - consultants have a better hearing than employees slow moving - ponderous decision making and then the decisions get revisited shareholders are the most important stakeholders not finished layoffs new CEO entrenched executive team

5.0
Nov 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Merck is a great company to work for. The experience is what you make of it as far as taking the opportunities available to employees to learn and develop yourself professionally.

Cons

Right now there is a bit of ambiguity, change and shifts due to the merge with Schering-Plough. This is not necessarily a bad thing and was a good business decision on their part.

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