Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,162 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 6,162 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
Aug 9, 2025
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Pros

I really appreciated how collaborative most people were. It was very easy for me to speak to people across multiple departments to get information and data I needed.

Cons

Unfortunately my specific department was very poorly managed. My manager both lacked technical skills to understand the work the team does and the people skills to manage the team. Both myself and multiple other people working under this person have felt belittled, bullied, and gaslighted and HR is completely absent. There was a lot of talent on the team but a bad manager held us back and there seems to be no mechanism to address these issues. We all would provide honest feedback in the 360 reviews but nothing ever happened. We don't have skip-level meetings and no one ever asked how we were doing with her. I resigned for another job and I know 2 other people on the team expecting to resign shortly.

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