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      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,147 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 6,147 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
      May 13, 2019

      Blood, sweat, and tears of employees

      Researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Intellectually stimulating, decent benefits, flexible work arrangements

      Cons

      The company pays lip service to work-life balance, but aggressive deadlines result in long hours, high stress. Annual salary increases have been miserly for at least a decade. Jobs in many functional areas have been outsourced.

      1.0
      Mar 18, 2019

      Bad And Toxic Culture

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Short Term Benefit - Work Life Balance Decent Pay

      Cons

      Too much work life balance will make you less employable in the future as you are not learning Very political and very unethical for some manager to steal employees credits Although it is highly dependent on the team and function you are working in. Employers do not listen to employees voice of the right strategy and investment which proves to be correct after some time

      3.0
      Jan 5, 2019

      Great or terrible place to work depending on where and for whom

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great near term growth thanks to Keytruda, ability to learn a lot on the job, facilities outside of PA/NJ can be good to work for if you happen to be at a facility with a dynamic plant manager, benefits are very good, some good decisions on acquisitions have been made, line employees generally well trained and care about doing a good job.

      Cons

      Can be uptight and hierarchal, refuse to prioritize in some areas despite calls from CEO to do so, leading to confusion about how to get EVERYTHING done, some openly unethical senior managers that are allowed to remain in role, culture of punishment versus learning from mistakes, very old school style of management with diversity and inclusion “bolted on”, creating and obvious but weak effort to try to be an employer of choice, haven’t figured out how to retain millennials mostly because senior leadership won’t take advice from experts.

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