Is Biogen a good company to work for?

Biogen has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,629 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 3% over the last 12 months. 71% of employees would recommend working at Biogen to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Biogen have been left by employees working as Intern , Co-Op and Scientist I .

Does Biogen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Biogen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Biogen. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Biogen?

71% of Biogen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Biogen 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Biogen?

Associate Director (100) , Manager (54) , Senior Manager (54) , Director (53) , Scientist (49) , Manufacturing Associate (40) , Intern (36) , Senior Scientist (25) , Patient Services Coordinator (24) , Co-Op (20) , Senior Associate Scientist (19) , Scientist II (18) , Internship (16) , Project Manager (16) , Research Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Biogen according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits with a lot of paid vacation; big push from management on work/life balance" ((in 360 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 209 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 158 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 100 reviews)); "Good pay and nice colleages" ((in 100 reviews))

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

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 76 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 57 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 54 reviews)); "Was lied to by direct manager more than once." ((in 40 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 30 reviews))

What are employees saying about Biogen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Biogen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Biogen in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Biogen locations?

Cambridge , Research Triangle Park , Boston , Durham , Raleigh , Weston , Morrisville , San Diego , Chicago , New York , Los Angeles , Charlotte , Cary , Houston , Waltham , Kansas City , Madison , Washington , Garner , Columbus , San Francisco , South San Francisco , Somerville , Jersey City , Newark , Salt Lake City , Boston , Brooklyn , Webster , Louisville

Biogen reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,050 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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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

3.0

Sep 5, 2015

Patient Services

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits and pay, great people with a desire to help others working there.

Cons

Current leadership (at least for Patient Services) is focused more on the bottom line than on the employees or the patients.

3.0

Jul 12, 2023

I hope they recover

sr supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Biogen was a company that you could tell put patients first then employees because they understood that well taken care of employees would take great care of the clients. They offered great pay, great benefits, flexibility, they assumed good intent, and they were truly friendly and everyone seemed like they wanted to be there.

Cons

After a series of unfortunate circumstances you could tell that the focus shifted from people taking care of people to recovering lost revenue even if it was at the expense of the people. The climate is stifling with lots of micromanagement. There are so many levels of leadership with no one making real decisions. It feels that they are trying to make people so uncomfortable that they leave on their own so that they do not have to have yet another layoff. There were 3 layoffs in under 3 months and leading up to them there were leaders calling other companies trying to sabotage people's transitions if they found out where people were going.

3.0

Apr 14, 2020

Good company but beware of hostile politics

Scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and really good HR. HR works for the employee here.

Cons

Smaller teams are a “black box”. The upper management rarely knows what is happening. A team lead/manager can cause a lot is havoc and the senior management won’t realize till the end.

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