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Vacation & Paid Time Off

Available to US-based employees

4.3

(92 Reviews)

Paid vacation and holidays are available to eligible Merck employees.

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Updated Jun 25, 2026738 employees reported this benefit

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71-80 of 92 Reviews

5.0

Apr 15, 2019

Anonymous employee

Excellent vacation benefits that are competitive.

1.0

Apr 2, 2019

Anonymous Recruitment Coordinator

Not eligible for contract workers.

4.0

Mar 24, 2019

Anonymous employee

Plenty of vacation pay. Last week of the year off and doesn't count against vacation. Additional day added every five years.

5.0

Feb 8, 2019

Anonymous Biotechnician

Starting, you get 2 weeks vacation, and at the start of the year (not your first year) you get 40 hours of personal time to use with how you want (half days, 1 hour, etc.)

5.0

Nov 15, 2018

Anonymous employee

Year-end shutdown is a good PTO

3.0

Aug 31, 2018

Anonymous Technician

The best thing is also the worst.. Your time is for a 12 hr day so when you take your vacation it comes out as 10 days total for the entire year.

2.0

Jul 17, 2018

Anonymous PM

Depends on the time you have been hired but is very limited in the US based on years of employment. I find that it can be improved.

5.0

Apr 11, 2018

Anonymous Sales Representative

vacation accrues over lengthy employment and week between Christmas and New Year off now after acquiring Schoering Plough

5.0

Feb 11, 2018

Anonymous Senior Engineer

This is pretty flexible when to take time off. Managers are pretty open to using and encouraging taking vacation.

4.0

Dec 5, 2017

Anonymous MES Support

Vacation policy is quite fair, you start with 15 days and add 3 days every 4 years (I recall) up to a maximum of 30. PTO could use improvement, only 4 days on a rolling 365-day calendar.

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