Is Amgen a good company to work for?

Amgen has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,425 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Amgen to a friend and 65% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Amgen have been left by employees working as Postdoctoral Fellow , Internship and Summer Intern .

Does Amgen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Amgen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Amgen. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Amgen?

64% of Amgen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Amgen 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amgen?

Senior Manager (159) , Director (118) , Senior Associate (108) , Manager (102) , Scientist (93) , Sales Representative (80) , Project Manager (77) , Manufacturing Associate (73) , Intern (70) , Associate Scientist (54) , Engineer (53) , Senior Scientist (50) , Associate (48) , Senior Engineer (44) , Data Scientist (31)

What are the pros of working at Amgen according to real employee reviews?

"By working there as a full time employee you will work on a beautiful campus and receive great benefits." ((in 714 reviews)); "People are great and knowledgeable ." ((in 356 reviews)); "Amgen is a great place to work with good benefits and even better culture" ((in 292 reviews)); "Every mgr I've had has exemplified the Amgen values of putting the patient first and promoting a good work/life balance." ((in 247 reviews)); "pay is good and fair" ((in 203 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amgen according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management not fare assessment" ((in 172 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorganizations which seemed to be due to planning issues and moving work overseas." ((in 93 reviews)); "All senior leadership claim they have no power and none of them can make a decision on their own." ((in 63 reviews)); "audit group is known to work long hours including weekends and evenings (more so than other departments)" ((in 45 reviews)); "Upper management is biased." ((in 43 reviews))

What are employees saying about Amgen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Amgen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Amgen in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Amgen locations?

Thousand Oaks , Juncos , Tampa , Los Angeles , South San Francisco , Cambridge , West Greenwich , Seattle , San Francisco , Longmont , New York , Boston , Chicago , Dallas , Deerfield , Newbury Park , Washington , Boulder , Atlanta , Holly Springs , Woburn , New Albany , Providence , Camarillo , Fremont , Rockville , Louisville , Houston , Simi Valley , Columbus

Amgen reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,185 total reviews)

Robert A. Bradway

75% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,185 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 21, 2023

Toxic, Negative Leadership

Sr. biopharmaceutical sales rep

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- 2 shutdowns - Great PTO - Good Insurance

Cons

- Negative leadership - No room to advance due to nepotism - Metrics > Patient-Focused - Micro Managing at its best - No opportunity to provide input - Toxic & negative leadership in ISS

Amgen Response

2y

We appreciate your review, value your feedback, and we take these concerns very seriously. While you have provided a great deal of detail, if there is anything additional that you would like to share about your experience, please contact amgen@careers.pure.cloud. If you would like to remain anonymous, please contact Amgen’s Business Conduct Hotline at 1-888-376-5574 or https://amgenbch.tnwreports.com to report your concerns. It is our sincere goal to prevent similar feelings in the future, and reviews are instrumental in our ability to implement change. Thank you for taking the time to bring these concerns to our attention.

3.0

Jun 1, 2023

Attribute Sciences Racism

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Its a big company !

Cons

Blatant Racism against dark colored employees. Career growth exists for whites and asians (majorities groups who ensures non-existence of others). Disappearing minorities is considered act of god here (gods here means internal self entitled psychopaths). All colored folks are usually tagged with poor leadership skills, poor communication skills etc and eventually forced to resign because they have not learnt how to harass, demean and treat others as doormat by pure racist cum political tactics. Not sure why company waste so much money on diversity inclusion when their chosen ones do exact opposite.

Amgen Response

3y

We appreciate your feedback and take your concerns very seriously. At Amgen, it is our ambition for all of our teams to embrace our values and our culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and we believe in the power of having diverse teams across the organization. We are, however, deeply concerned to hear about your experience. We would like to understand more about your concerns so that we can thoroughly investigate and address them. Please contact Amgen’s Business Conduct Hotline at 1-888-376-5574 or https://amgenbch.tnwreports.comto report your concerns. You may remain anonymous if you wish.

3.0

May 12, 2023

Unlawful unethical behavior from leadership falls on deaf ears

Coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive benefits - beautiful campus - patients 1st mission

Cons

Biased executive leadership - harassment & retaliation - disability & minority discrimination - unpaid PTO Not everyone will experience this but in the 15+ years I directly experienced during my last 3 years with the company. Tried to resolve these matters diplomatically but it fell on deaf ears and I decided to leave

Amgen Response

3y

Thank you for sharing your review. Compliance and policy adherence are of the utmost importance to our organization, and we take these concerns very seriously. We would like to understand more about your experience so that we can thoroughly investigate, address, and resolve these matters. Please contact Amgen’s Business Conduct Hotline at 1-888-376-5574 or https://amgenbch.tnwreports.com to report your concerns; you may remain anonymous if you wish. Again, thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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