Great place to work, but career progression is difficult - Manager, GDO Amgen Employee Review

4.0
Jan 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Leader in the industry; highly intelligent employees; well thought out processes Mature structure and thinking Generally collaborative - not hierarchical

Cons

Career progression is very difficult - even for employees with consistently high ratings. Must move to a different company in order to get a promotion. Generally, people managers are not focused on managing people - only a few show excellence in this regard. (Not that different industry wide) There is some bureaucracy that was starting to slow things down more than was necessary to mitigate risk Less competitive in salaries/benefits than realized until leaving

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Amgen Response
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