Is Biogen a good company to work for?

Biogen has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,632 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 53% 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 improved by 1% over the last 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 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Biogen?

Associate Director (100) , Manager (55) , 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 370 reviews)); "Who would have thought you would meet so many great people working in an analytics lab." ((in 214 reviews)); "Biogen has a great culture" ((in 166 reviews)); "Great work life balance and completely WFH" ((in 94 reviews)); "Good pay and nice colleages" ((in 92 reviews))

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

"Poor management all over the building." ((in 77 reviews)); "We recently had overly optimistic forecasts for products & senior leadership poorly handled managing media relations." ((in 57 reviews)); "Seem to have frequent layoffs" ((in 55 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

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3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,052 total reviews)

Christopher A. Viehbacher

76% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Biogen has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,052 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

Jun 24, 2016

Great company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented people, good teamwork, great products approved and in the pipeline.

Cons

Management needs to value individuals. Too much restructuring.

3.0

Jun 24, 2016

Culture problems

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Good pay for a call center, but they are starting to pile the work on and expectations are absurd.

Cons

Biogen started out as a good company. They have been slowly taking away opportunities for advancement and perks of the company for patients services for years. The environment became oppressive and plenty of people suffered from mental health stress and burn out. A lot of the benefits that you get, like vacation, you can't even use. They survey every year and commit to changing for the better and every year gets worse!

4.0

Jun 22, 2016

June 2016

Maintenance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, very good benefits including paid sabbaticals every 6 years

Cons

Uncertain future, recent lay-offs and unusually high departures

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