Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,148 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

82% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,148 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 22, 2018

Crushing place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Salary and benefits are comparable to other Pharma companies.

Cons

Senior management and HR, in particular, give lip service to employee engagement and development. Yes, they perform an annual employee survey. Followup on ACTUAL employee concerns is left to senior leaders who created the situation in the first place, and who have no clue on how to address real issues. Work/life balance is non-existent. Simple decisions, like moving employees with 20 yrs of experience, (and who perform jobs which require tight information security) into cubicle farms, might seem like a great idea if you're trying to squeeze budgets. Impact on employee morale and productivity, however, is underestimated.

2.0
Nov 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good science, lot of projects to work on and promising portfolio.

Cons

Many re-orgs this year. Good people at management level are leaving and people with little or no management skills are given their positions. Favoritism and Nepotism is very rampant - can be seen in who they hire, who is given promotion and who gets the "most visible" projects. Lack of innovation and some projects seem redundant with unnecessary more stress on resources.

2.0
Aug 22, 2018

Good company, but GHH is the worst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people I work with are awesome, and we had a great AD that was here. Work/life balance, pension, benefits and food.

Cons

GHH leadership in the hub is terrible. The one awesome AD we had was let go for something so incredibly ridiculous. Morale is low now. The Hub is what it was intended to be - its now just an office. Parking is very expensive and Merck will not cover it ($150/mo). Company moves super slow on everything. Simple things are overly complex.

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