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      Amgen

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      Amgen reviews

      3.8

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (4,188 total reviews)
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      Robert A. Bradway

      75% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,188 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
      Jun 10, 2010

      A place with a lot of potential.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amgen is a young company with a strong pipeline. It wants to be more innovative. One of the last true biotechs out there.

      Cons

      There really is no ethnic diversity here at Amgen. Efforts to change and build a sustainable pipeline of diversity is limited if at all. In general, succession planning is ambiguous at best. It is difficult to understand the appropriate path to senior management positions past a Sr. Manager. To that point, there are several qualified and over qualified employees that are frustrated on this point.

      5.0
      Jun 8, 2010

      Amgen is a good place to work; it used to be an awesome place to work

      Specialist is programmer/analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amgen has a culture of cultivating people, although it's becoming more market-focused and losing some of that good feeling it used to have. Overall Amgen treats its employees very well.

      Cons

      Amgen is large enough that there are stupid HR rules around promotions, the ability to get an "Excellent" review, and this really hurts. The best employees can't always be recognized, promoted, and so forth because of a silly rule like "employees must be in their job at least 18 months before being promoted."

      3.0
      Jun 2, 2010

      Frustrating Place to Advance One's Career

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company provides employees with great benefits. The headquarters is world class and located in a beautiful setting. Great cafeterias. Nice people. The truth is highly valued.

      Cons

      Poor stock performance, very political culture, few opportunities for advancement, incompetent management, the compensation and promotion system feels gamed. Good people are not recognized. If you are not ex-Navy or ex-Merck, you have a job, not a career. Good luck getting people to listen to your ideas. Many people feel they have never worked so hard for so little praise, advancement and compensation in their careers.

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