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      Amgen

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      Amgen reviews

      3.8

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (4,190 total reviews)
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      Robert A. Bradway

      77% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      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 4,190 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
      5.0
      Mar 11, 2018

      Admin Coordinator

      Administrative coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pros include generous benefits package, competitive compensation, great company culture and values, awesome work environment, career development and opportunities for growth and advancement

      Cons

      The interview process was competitive and long and I did not receive an adequate amount of training upon starting, most of training consists of on-the-job experience and asking lots of questions

      2.0
      Oct 25, 2017

      Good place, as long as you're not a contractor.

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay was good. Schedules are very flexible and the ability to work anywhere with your company supplied laptop is great. Cambridge location is in a great spot as long as you're taking the subway to work. I learned a great deal about the bio pharmaceutical industry and am now able to leverage a ton of MBA/business vocabulary I learned there. Amgen stock is a good one to hold right now because the company is all about profits over patients. The quality systems are good at shifting liabilities to vendors and holding them accountable.

      Cons

      As a contractor/contingent worker I was marginalized when compared to full time employees, it's part of the company culture. Every contractor is marked as such on all company communications (outlook/skype) so everyone knows who is and is not a contractor, for the purpose of identifying who should not be taken seriously. Amgen doesn't hire contractors in hopes they are good workers and wish to convert them as full time employees. Amgen uses contractors as temporary labor to get fast track or tedious projects completed and then they card discard them so quarterly profits look better. It is also a massively wasteful company when it comes to materials. This review would probably be better if I was hired on, but the group I was in was in the process of downsizing so there was no chance.

      2.0
      Jun 5, 2017

      Restructure for the sake of restructuring...

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful campus, great benefits, good pay.

      Cons

      Extremely unstable. I have seen so many good people get laid off just for the sake of restructuring and then Amgen hires similar people back.

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