Biogen reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,050 total reviews)
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Christopher A. Viehbacher

74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Biogen has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,050 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Biogen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
May 28, 2020

Not what it used to be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good experience into the pharma culture; excellent coworkers who are engaged, brilliant, and willing to pitch in.

Cons

Please look at some of the older reviews- it seems as though there are a sudden amount of newer reviews (I am guessing to make up for the Covid exposure?). My experience was similar to what the other reviews stated: low base salaries for experienced employees (much lower than industry norm- and to boot,low annual salary increases- not even 2% per year), benefits are declining each year, office politics are rampant throughout the company, and there is little opportunity to grow (depending on your department). I also found that although the company encourages and prides itself in telling employees that (with manager discretion, of course) they will work with you to be flexible in your schedule or work remotely. It was only after hired that I was told that our team was mostly discouraged working remotely, unless in case of emergencies (which the example of an emergency given by management was always if it had something to do with your child- assuming you had a child.) Having said that, the job could be done remotely and most teams do work remotely at least a few days. Between the politics, pay, little growth, and for some, long commute, beware.

3.0
Feb 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible working arrangements provided you are in a non lab job

Cons

Targeted 2% annual raises. Promotional raises are also very small <5%

1.0
Aug 10, 2016

Narcissistic hell hole

Recommend
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Pros

They create products that help people with serious illnesses. If I were someone with MS, I would be glad that this company exists...so long as I didn't actually meet anyone there.

Cons

Senior management are some of the most vile, careerist, unpleasant people you'll ever want to meet--particularly in the IT department.

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