Amgen reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,202 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 4,202 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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3.0
Jun 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great facilities ( very well maintained), a lot of benefits to employees, diverse group of people, great ethical values, very pro environment and safety!

Cons

Not a lot of career development opportunities. I was trying to move within the same group but having other responsibilities but I wasn't allowed too. It would have been worse if I tried to move to another group or area. A lot of people incidents (people been disrespectful), a lot of drama, back stabbing and management knows about it but don't do much. Salary increase its not a whole lot but good bonus. In order to get a promotion you have to be more than "perfect", almost like a "GOD" for your manager (that's why there's a lot of backstabbing people trying to move up no matter how). The way Human Resources manages issues its not too good. Issues go on and on for years before someone decides its time to do something about it. Not a lot of technical people most of the things are contracted outside.

3.0
May 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, very progressive company, on site child care at Camp Amgen, great on site cafeteria, employee services, the campus is in a great town and neighborhood.

Cons

It seemed like I was always at Amgen. I worked an average of 9 hours a day. My first son started going to Camp Amgen when he was 12 weeks old. I would drop my kids off at Camp Amgen at 8 am, their father would pick them up at 4ish and I wouldn't see them 'till 7 or 8 pm. I finally decided to leave and be part of my children's lives. Very stressful job.

5.0
Jul 8, 2009

Best company to work for.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amgen has one of the best benefits package in the industry. Provides good work life balance. Has great organizational culture and people here have very good work ethics.

Cons

Sometimes you have to fight for what you rightfully deserve in regards to getting promoted. There are many managers without any managerial experience. So they just hover over you all the time. And some managers have very high expectations from their team members while others are pleased with their teams' mediocre work.

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