Merck reviews

Very much a dying company. Astonishingly bad esprit de corps, much worse now than when I joined over a decade ago. In the past 3 years, 90% of R&D talent has left the company or transferred to other divisions. Upper management are trying to convert all the remaining R&D and IT tasks into mechanized processes to then outsource them (supposedly saving money). All corporate initiative focuses either on saving money or on promoting Keytruda.

Poor leadership. Upper management don't know what is going on, but they like to cut costs and corners here and that you are just a number. They don't appreciate how hard you work and there is no job security here. Management change their minds everyday. Their decisions affect other areas/departments and they also do not consider this prior to making decisions. It is impossible to perform the current work to stay afloat in addition to implementing these new, revolving changes. The work culture is that you work more than the typical 9-5 hours on weekdays. It is expected that you bring work home on the weekends as well, so you are looking at 50+ hours per week. People here go on vacation and still have to bring their work laptops with them to check their emails. This is a sinking company.