Is Amgen a good company to work for?

Amgen has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,413 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 66% 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 (158) , Director (118) , Senior Associate (107) , Manager (102) , Scientist (93) , Sales Representative (80) , Project Manager (77) , Manufacturing Associate (72) , 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 700 reviews)); "People are great and knowledgeable ." ((in 354 reviews)); "Amgen is a great place to work with good benefits and even better culture" ((in 286 reviews)); "Every mgr I've had has exemplified the Amgen values of putting the patient first and promoting a good work/life balance." ((in 251 reviews)); "pay is good and fair" ((in 202 reviews))

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

"Poor management not fare assessment" ((in 169 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorganizations which seemed to be due to planning issues and moving work overseas." ((in 87 reviews)); "All senior leadership claim they have no power and none of them can make a decision on their own." ((in 65 reviews)); "audit group is known to work long hours including weekends and evenings (more so than other departments)" ((in 44 reviews)); "Lack of career development and no attempt to improve the situation despite 4 years of negative feedback from staff." ((in 44 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 Amgen locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Washington , Boston , Rockville , Warwick , San Francisco , New Albany , Denver , New York , Juncos , Atlanta

Amgen reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,179 total reviews)

Robert A. Bradway

74% approve of CEO

66% 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

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,179 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Jun 14, 2021

Generous perks but gender discrimination

Associate scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great 401k match - generous vacation/sick time - good facilities and state of the art equipment - some of the best and brightest scientists in the industry to learn from - solid pipeline and innovative science

Cons

- like many other reviews have said, promotions are very political and hard to come by - poor behavioral conduct among employees isn't reprimanded - have been met with incessant discrimination from multiple people in leadership positions--unfortunately, these aren't isolated incidences and have occurred with other female and foreign colleagues in my department

Amgen Response

4y

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.

2.0

Mar 8, 2019

No seats in Tampa

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good values and nice people

Cons

The shared services center is designed for collaboration and not effective productivity. Management readily admits that there are not seats for everyone assigned to the center yet everyone is expected to be in the office. Monitors are hard to come by and laptops are too small when working in spreadsheets.

3.0

Aug 12, 2023

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company shutdown (summer & winter) Work &life balance Flexible schedule

Cons

- politics (company culture is focused on people pleasing) -if you are a person of color, don’t be fooled by their diversity. They recently partnered with Howard university for their fellowships and changed the recruiter assistant to a black person but this company does not support growth for black people. One can be in a position for 10 years before getting promoted while others are getting promoted left and right for no reason. - those in higher management micromanage instead of being a leader. -several layoffs

Amgen Response

2y

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.

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