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      Amgen

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      Amgen reviews

      3.8

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (4,198 total reviews)
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      Robert A. Bradway

      77% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,198 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amgen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 16, 2016

      Toxic atmosphere

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      beautiful location, great vacation policy, stock options, 401k match is high. Beautiful campus. Onsite gym and Starbucks cafe, several cafeterias, although expensive

      Cons

      Poisonous culture of making people feel like they're lucky to have a job and should accept bad treatment. No promotion opportunities.

      3.0
      Feb 5, 2016

      Get comfortable....but not TOO comfortable

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Generous benefits and time off, including summer and winter shutdowns. Several recent marketing approvals with the potential for more via a robust and diverse development pipeline "Healthy" stock price Discretionary bonus usually paid every Spring.

      Cons

      The only way up...is out. Company will not create an Assoc Dir level so senior managers cannot advance. Many managers and senior managers have left to take director-level positions at other companies. Sites in Bay Area and Cambridge expanding to support research, but not development; backfill for development positions is slow to non-existent at these sites. CEO is a "numbers guy" and while the stock price is healthy, he has NO IDEA what it took to get it that way. He'd lose his mind if he had to work on a marketing submission. Their plans for streamlining and finding efficiencies sound noble on paper, but that's just corporate-speak for "doing more with less." Company can sometimes get in their own way with layers of governance and oversight that prolong activities.

      4.0
      Feb 3, 2016

      Great benefits, but a little heavy on structure

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Awesome co-workers, great pay and benefits, challenging work

      Cons

      VERY conservative, inefficient, overly bureaucratic. Few opportunities to be creative. Other than due to layoffs, few people leave the company, so not many opportunities for advancement.

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