Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,150 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 6,150 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
1.0
Dec 15, 2015

Not much to say

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I can't think of anything other than the benefits were good and affordable.

Cons

As part of the merger anyone who wasn't already a Merck employee was targeted for elimination regardless of whether you were top rated or not.

3.0
Nov 22, 2015

Demanding environment with a lot of change

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities available to lead, challenging the status quo is encouraged, company appears to be on upswing with awesome cancer drug program.

Cons

Pockets of different culture depending on where you work and it can be very demeaning and demotivating, zero work life balance left at the company, newer compensation philosophies are pulling good people away from company.

3.0
Aug 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Merck offers great benefits for third parties. For example you can get a huge discount on most car makes and phone service providers. Compared to other companies the pay is quite competitive.

Cons

Lack of leadership and a culture that fosters negativity and arbitrary stigmas. I joined merck in order to transfer to a another department eventually and found out my manager has the final say whether I get to leave, which makes for impossible advancement.

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