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 374 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 213 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 154 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 101 reviews)); "good pay and good work" ((in 96 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 57 reviews)); "It is absolutely true that if you have a good manager, he/she will support you, challenge you, and promote you." ((in 39 reviews)); "Clueless upper management." ((in 32 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

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3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,050 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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

2.0

Sep 17, 2019

Avoid it unless you're a high level employee

Executive assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Benefits. That's about all I can think of unfortunately. Since Aducanumab was lost the culture is very tense. People are worried about their jobs and looking out for themselves.

Cons

Culture. personalities. managers. It's a truly toxic environment. I have had multiple (more than five) managers in two years which is the norm here.

2.0

Oct 17, 2017

The only constant is change.

Research

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Checks all the benefits boxes. People you work with tend to be better than most. Recently renovated lab facilities make research less soul crushing.

Cons

Upper management is a revolving door. Once new "leadership" comes in and institutes their "vision", they're gone before their changes have even been fully realized. C-level and EVPs pay more attention to stock price than the people who work here. Estimated median life expectancy for VPs and above: 2.6 years.

1.0

Sep 28, 2016

Bad place to work, unless you are a masochist.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, vacation and benefits. Nice looking facilities, well maintained, good paint and so on. Nice hats and jackets given out as swag, leftovers from marketing. Taught me once and for all that American companies tend to be clueless in how they treat their employees. Will never drink the cool-aid again. Very dishonest and secretive management. Company controlled by tight cliques.

Cons

No respect to employees. Will replace you with young inexperienced person in a heartbeat after they bleed you to death through your tremendous effort. No true development, only HR window dressing. Everyone is fake and people tend to backstab to get ahead. Bad culture.

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Avoid it unless you're a high level employee

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