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

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

1.0

Aug 15, 2021

From Best in Area to Toxic Helpless Organization

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Benefits are ok. Pay is ok although stagnant internally. Some good people remaining for now.

Cons

Micromanagement from managers who understand little. Disingenuous management who speaks in manner completely inconsistent with actions. Punitive and toxic culture. Performance failing as talent had fled poor decisions over last 5 years or more. Fraudulent leadership (HR at the center) taking advantage of good people. Too many Merck and Amgen imports who think too highly of those companies and brought the toxic, political realities (not recognizing that Biogen RTP HAS BEEN far better). Adu situation. Low raises for internal talent, HR meddling, taking talent base for granted, importing Merck/Amgen/BigPharma personnel, managing messaging rather than reality, numerous meetings over minutia and abstract nonsense, and a culture of losing. Biogen RTP 2021.

2.0

Oct 20, 2018

Kiss your career goodbye

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and a great Cambridge location.

Cons

Leadership doesn’t know how to develop employees or support employees who actually propose their own development plan. (This might not be true in all areas of the organization but that would be the minority.). You won’t develop and you will stagnate. This used to be a great place to work but it is really a dead end.

3.0

Aug 11, 2017

Good company, but unsettled

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great work/life balance. Colleagues are friendly and it's a very collaborative environment.

Cons

Consulting company's presence is a huge red flag, no matter how upper management tries to spin it. People are nervous and "process improvement" is fancy talk for "lay offs." I'd be careful accepting an offer from Biogen until things settle.

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