Amgen reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,200 total reviews)
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Robert A. Bradway

77% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,200 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
3.0
Nov 2, 2014
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, campus. High-performing teams and expectations of excellence.

Cons

Lip service to values that are not followed in practice e.g. work-life balance, ethical competitiion, success via merit. Management is extremely thin-skinned and brooks no 'disconfirming information' that goes counter to financial marching orders. Overly aggressive and unrealistic outsourcing is going to cause major pipeline delays and financial damage.

2.0
Sep 3, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great medical and vacation benefits; good salary and generous bonus; money to spend; beautiful area

Cons

All the "Pro" above will soon be gone (except the beautiful area) under the current management, which is extremely short-term and wall street focused; does not value employees or experiences; no work-life balance; highly political and toxic environment; lack of a solid pipeline; declined revenue

3.0
Aug 8, 2014

A great company, but too top heavy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At the moment, there are plenty of opportunities for staff development. I'm not sure how much longer that will be available. Work life balance was a priority several years ago. They have a decent pay scale and the worst bonus I ever had was far better than anything I ever got in Academia

Cons

The company is too top heavy- so many VPs. Right now, the emphasis is bottom line for the shareholders and not so much for the employees. Communication is not a priority from the top down, and it seems the rumor mill is rife.

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