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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2K reviews
1.0
Jun 15, 2017

Director

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Pros

Great benefits; access to training and development. Very competitive pay. Wonderful people below senior execs who really care about patients and world class Dev Organization

Cons

New CEO is killing off what was great. McKinsey is running the show and people fear more layoffs. The executive team is totally out of touch with what is really happening. It's very sad. No one dares dissent.

1.0
Mar 30, 2016

Good old boys club

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I guess good parking option in Cambridge.

Cons

a great deal of people have worked at this company ( and only at this company) for a while and think that whatever they do are right and can't be questioned. Biogen calls itself an innovative company? What innovative? If you questions somebody, make sure that you are on your way out. The company wants a bunch of yes-men. There is surely distrust in the management. Backstabbers get their way and HR is completely out of touch.

3.0
Feb 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Well, I never got a promotion or developed professionally, but at least I had fun and made a lot of friends.

Cons

Expect to operate at level well above title and responsibilities. Work like there's no tomorrow. Never come close to using all vacation time. Think to self, "just work a little harder and surely you'll get promoted..." It never happens. But the benefits are good, right? Endless number of initiatives that end up nowhere. Company success based on brilliance and dedication of a very. Everyone else does a good job looking busy and making presentations on nothing. Business processes and IT infrastructure not updated in 10 years. Performance Review...? What's that? Eventually chose to leave. Only can't help but think, maybe if I'd only worked a little harder and done a little more... then I might've moved up...

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