Biogen reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,052 total reviews)
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Christopher A. Viehbacher

76% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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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2.0
May 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits Attempts at work life balance are better than some

Cons

The culture in IT is TOXIC! There are no career paths in IT. If you're a female, you have no chance for promotion to IT leadership which is sad considering the EVP of technology is a woman. Once you reach the Job level before management, you sit there with no career advancement opportunities no matter how much you prove yourself. Sleepless nights, weekend work, all goes unnoticed and undervalued. Going the extra mile gets you nowhere. Management promotions NEVER come from BIOGEN employees they are hired from outside or sweetheart hires/ favoritism. Poor decisions are made for technology choices to where it's all custom work and expensive while ITs budget is constantly cut to the point there is no training or personal development funds for employees to grow and learn. IT Leadership remains firmly entrenched in their Ivory tower and no one actually interacts with them unless they're a Director or above. Some VPs are non existent and you're actually surprised when you see them in the office. CIO is good and trying to clean it up. Hopefully he's successful before it's too late and he loses half the IT department.

4.0
May 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance is great. Summer hours is a wonderful benefit. Free breakfast on fridays. Great place to work at. Overall it is amazing.

Cons

Slow advancements of people to their next level. There are not many cons actually aboutBiogen. It is really great to be part of Biogen.

4.0
May 16, 2016

Great experience at a well-known biotech

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall, my experience was great: worked with a lot of nice people, who wanted to make a difference in patients' lives, and the work/life balance was great. The benefits were amazing: social hours every Thursday, monthly events to celebrate birthdays and other major employee milestones, amazing insurance, WFH, great salary, etc.

Cons

Things you might typically see at a larger company: groups could be silo'd at times, communication could be improved, could take some time to get things moving.

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