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      3.8

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (8,706 total reviews)
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      Albert Bourla

      50% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      Pfizer has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,706 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
      2.0
      Jul 19, 2008

      Pfizer: Not A Great Place to Work

      human resources director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pfizer has a great benefits program with excellent coverage for all drugs and almost every health issue under the sun. Good internal relocation package, as well.

      Cons

      Pfizer is a combination of three cultures, all dysfunctional. Also, there is a sense of $$ entitlement among senior management. If you're in NYC, the benefits are plush (car service, helicopters, nights at hotels) but the rest of the company is meant to scrape by and endure layoffs. Seems unfair.

      3.0
      Jul 13, 2008

      The way things are going it's going to be a long time before things get any better

      Senior scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits. Comparable compensation to the rest of the industry.

      Cons

      Where should I start. There's the ever-present dark cloud of downsizing hanging over our heads. Upper management primarily is only looking out for themselves, and those that might want to change the culture haven't got the power or influence to actually change anything.

      4.0
      Jul 13, 2008

      It's going to be a wild ride until the clock runs out on Lipitor

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      From the perspective of anyone who joined in the last 3-4 years, Pfizer is a very employee friendly company from the perspective of salary and benefits and the people are generally nice. If you want an opportunity to have an impact at a big pharmaco, now's the time at Pfizer. The company is forced to accept new ideas and forced to accept change at a rate that it would otherwise resist. So if you want good experience managing change in a Fortune 100, this is a good time to be at Pfizer.

      Cons

      Employees have been at Pfizer for many years that they cannot help but be discouraged now that the good times are clearly over. There is massive optimization required for survival. This means systems, processes and organizations need to be redesigned, reshaped and shrunk from top to bottom. Additionally, bonuses are no longer going to be guaranteed the way they essentially were in the past, raises are going to be smaller, etc. So it's a tough time to be at Pfizer in that our colleague's proverbial cheese hasn't just been just moved, it's been (and will continue to be) completely VAPORIZED. Don't look here (or stay here) if you're want predictability and stability. It's going to be a pressure cooker until November 2011.

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