Is Amgen a good company to work for?

Amgen has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,434 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 3.9 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 (109) , Manager (101) , Scientist (93) , Sales Representative (80) , Project Manager (77) , Manufacturing Associate (74) , 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 733 reviews)); "People are great and knowledgeable ." ((in 358 reviews)); "Amgen is a great place to work with good benefits and even better culture" ((in 302 reviews)); "Every mgr I've had has exemplified the Amgen values of putting the patient first and promoting a good work/life balance." ((in 256 reviews)); "pay is good and fair" ((in 211 reviews))

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

"Poor management not fare assessment" ((in 171 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and reorganizations which seemed to be due to planning issues and moving work overseas." ((in 92 reviews)); "All senior leadership claim they have no power and none of them can make a decision on their own." ((in 67 reviews)); "Upper management is biased." ((in 44 reviews)); "audit group is known to work long hours including weekends and evenings (more so than other departments)" ((in 42 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

(4,194 total reviews)

Robert A. Bradway

77% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Amgen has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,194 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

1.0

Dec 8, 2014

Toxic work environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wages, 401k, vacation, sick leave if you can use it (although too many abuse it), used to have many company perks but not anymore

Cons

One of the worst work environments I've experienced. People are immoral, lazy, inefficient. It's all about politics and cozying up to the right people. Good talkers get promoted, but they have nothing to show for it. Top-heavy with too many managers that do no real work but get paid the big bucks. People are afraid to speak out in fear of retaliation.

2.0

Oct 12, 2014

Continous Change - Not What Amgen Used To Be

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits: Match 401K, Summer and Winter Shutdown, Stock Options for permanent employees, good health care plans and paid leave of absence Working in Teams: A pleasure working with the most intelligent, hardworking, and willingness to take risk team members. Best team experience I've had in the industry

Cons

The company is shifting to more and more contingent workers and driving out or laying off the experienced workforce. There will be limited career opportunities unless you are critical hire. The workload has increased significantly and prioritization communications are slow in getting to line managers. Moral is poor as workforce waits for next RIF. Organization is in free fall waiting for new business process to be rolled out across the organization.

3.0

Sep 28, 2014

Big Pharma In Biotech Clothing

Senior bio-pharmaceutical sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits Reasonable salary Strong product pipeline Solid reputation Good work/life balance Relatively stable place to work

Cons

Lack of transparency even though it is claimed otherwise Few career opportunities A plethora of box checking and hoop jumping in order to advance Data issues are pervasive Management does not listen Trades on past biotech reputation while current culture 100% big pharma

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