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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,146 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,146 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
      Jul 19, 2008

      Medicine is for the profits.

      It analyst
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      Pros

      It really is hard to list many. The company's benefits are still fantastic. Some of the locations are nice to work at. The severance packages are still very nice.

      Cons

      When I joined, Merck was a great place to work. People were proud of their jobs. Today, people get fired as a matter of course. The mission is gone. Morale is horrid. Have you ever worked in a place were more than 50% of people are hoping to get fired for the severance package? You have if you work at Merck. The jobs take over your life. Everybody is on call 24x7 on on my type of job and there are lots of them. Management at all levels continues to make bad decisions based on almost no information. The input of the employees is meaningless

      2.0
      Jul 11, 2008

      What happened to the good old days??

      Manager
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      Pros

      They pay reasonably well. In areas not outsourced, there is much challenging work to do.

      Cons

      Have been a Merck a long time and the company has changed dramatically. Most significant change is in Sr. management. When I started, we had 5 or 6 VPs. Today there are 320+. Of course the increase in VPs can be accounted for when Merck went through a tremendous growth spell in the nineties. However in the last five years, we have been through multiple layoffs. But the layoffs did not impact Sr. management. They just keep on growing. There have been so many mishaps just in the last couple of years but there seem to be no consequences at the top -- just the worker bees feel the impact and lower level management. I use to be so proud to work for Merck -- I knew so many outstanding people with the highest level of ethics. It is sad to see where we are today.

      2.0
      Jul 8, 2008

      Yes for a job, but no for a career

      Analyst
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      Pros

      Work life balance is possible. However, occasional long hours are needed. Depends on the group. In summer, there are summer hours with half a day on Friday. Great educational assistance policy that covers most of the tuition.

      Cons

      Lack of recognition by management. Not well defined career paths. Probably would have to move to another area to move vertically up.

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