Amgen reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,208 total reviews)
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Robert A. Bradway

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,208 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
Aug 6, 2016

Manager

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people at same level, some flexibility, benefits are pretty good

Cons

Difficult to balance work and family, senior level management don't understand how people do their jobs, pay is not that great for people to live in CA

3.0
Jul 26, 2016

Sr. Marketing Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can do a lot of things - rotate through different positions to learn. You will work with a lot of smart people.

Cons

Way too much politics. A great number of people try to showcase what they do, more than doing. If you are not in the Career Leadership Program (MBAs brought in, get sponsorship, get promoted above others), it is much harder to get a promotion.

4.0
Jun 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Focus on mission to serve patients and ethics is admirable. Opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry is exciting and motivating. Since Bob Bradway took over, there have been A LOT of changes, and I think for the better. Had he not implemented some important initiatives, I seriously doubt the company would have survived in its current form.

Cons

Bureaucratic, outsourced finance systems make getting anything done that has to do with payments or using external vendors nearly impossible. Things that should take a few minutes take hours due to complicated, user-unfriendly systems.

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