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      Merck

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      Merck reviews

      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,160 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,160 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
      4.0
      Mar 7, 2022

      Extremely Well-Managed Company, but...

      Senior sales professional, specialty
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      • Extremely well-managed company • Excellent benefits • History of excellence in scientific research and break-through products • Outstanding career path options if and only if you love living in Northeast and are obsessed with biopharma industry • Philadelphia is a great city to live in

      Cons

      • As one of the world's top vaccine makers massively bungled COVID-19 vaccination • Slow, bureaucratic • HQ location is miserable: hot, humid, and remote location over an hour from Philadelphia • Merck is basically "a law firm which makes drugs" • Very few options to move up in the company beyond 5 years even at HQ • Merck is effective in sales, but kind of a miserable place to be after 12 months

      2.0
      Mar 5, 2022

      Turning woke

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible hours, most coworkers are fine

      Cons

      Pay is lower than industry average and now there is a huge push to be woke and if you don’t believe in that ideology you better not say anything. In the name of diversity and inclusion.

      1.0
      Jan 25, 2022

      Awful Culture

      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A few nice people, but not enough to warrant staying there.

      Cons

      Crazy, busy, stressful work environment. People are nasty. A lot of backstabbing.

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