Amgen reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,180 total reviews)
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Robert A. Bradway

74% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,180 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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4.0
Nov 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and family focused environment (annual bbq's, family events, etc.). Young culture also present, definitely an entrepenuereal ambiance present. Has not converted to large cold big corporate culture yet, but is showing signs of this transition. Many opportunities for someone proactive who wants to develop other expertise, but this depends on individual ability to reach out to other departments.

Cons

Long hours. Constant access via blackberry, laptop, mobile. Slowly moving towards large corporate mentality. Meaning there is a movement towards compartimentalizing each department. This affects intercompany mobility and is starting to affect individuals from further developing in areas not originally hired for.

2.0
Nov 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amgen has a lot of money for now and it is more stable than other companies in this industry. The pay is supplemented by generous bonuses and most people don't kill themselves to do their job so even a small amount of extra work stands out.

Cons

You get bucketed very quickly and there is no way to move up very high in the organization from very low no matter what you do. These people got lucky with a few very profitable drugs but are totally clueless about drug discovery. You will not learn from your superiors -- you will teach them.

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