Pfizer reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,709 total reviews)
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Albert Bourla

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pfizer has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,709 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pfizer 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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9K reviews
3.0
Feb 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and good benefits

Cons

Growth opportunities and promotions are completely dependent on your group and boss, which can be good or bad for you. It was bad for me. I watched other colleagues that possessed similar skills/experience/capabilities as myself get promoted, and in some cases, get promoted more than once, before I received a single promotion. I intend to leave the company soon to find my next step since Pfizer continues to move the target for what is needed to promote me. I've been on the promotion list for ~1.5 years now and have no indication that I will be promoted anytime soon.

4.0
Jan 17, 2023

Good place to start your career

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good place to start your career, amazing facility, lots of new content/workshops per month, hybrid model, good brand for your CV, free coffee/snacks.

Cons

The positions are not examined equaly, you will see people as Managers with 2 years of experience and also with 15 years of experience and that means they both get the same salary. Promotions are hardly given and the salary increase is pretty low. A senior manager earns 5% more than a manager and so on. The most suitable option is to aquire the best contract at the beggining (highest position possible for you) because you are going to stay in that position for many years regardless your efforts. Almost zero utilization for most employees most of the day is spent just doing nothing instead of providing your skills to crucial operations of the organization. Compared to other companies the benefits are pretty low you get a car after becoming a Director (hardly ever) which in other brands you can get a car from a position of assistant manager. The salary is mediocre for high positions (Manager and above) and low for junior positions such as associate/sr.associate compared to other companies. The company in Greece is HR driven (greek HR) which means what ever your Manager decides for you (promotion,raise,relocation,benefits) has to be accepted from the HR first (hardly ever happens).

3.0
Dec 20, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Compared to city standards, it's OK workplace - Brand - Perks - Young environment (let's say is good) - Have fun, relax, nice espresso

Cons

- It's an IT department. A support/operational/execution center. There's no innovation. - You can barely find teams that are built based on skills or previous experience. - Zero growth/career plan - they give you access to a bunch of learning platforms but they don't really care or assist you with what you should learn and how to grow. Wouldn't be surprised if i see QA people with "Making the first drug in practice for dummies" certification. - Engineers less than 5-10%. If you find some then they are under-utilised. - Hierarchy based place. - Roles VS Experience is an issue in there. You can find lots of people with more that 15y of experience and yet are Sr Associates and Managers with 2/3y of experience. - Salaries are bad calculated. - Old tech to work with. - Work life balance is not that good but I've seen many people working extra hours - mainly because of the US/UK overlap. - Old fashioned US/UK managers with zero tech background - Definitely not a place for Engineers

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