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Bristol Myers Squibb

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Leave while you can - Scientist Bristol Myers Squibb Employee Review

1.0
Jan 26, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Honestly can't think of pros that were there at the end

Cons

-Employees overworked, under recognized, and under paid. -recognizing the Seattle area is a competitive market and said they would look into it but like many other things it was an empty promise that resulted in no change. -The drive for innovation was drained from what Juno was and replaced with the bureaucracy of BMS. Once again acknowledged as a problem by management but nothing done about it. -Employees who had to come in and work during red-phase of the pandemic to keep the company and the projects moving forward were given the equivalent of a crappy pizza party for their hard work with nothing of real value while upper management worked from home only for them Dec 2020 (around christmas as another note) to announce that nearly everyone below directors would no longer be receiving stock incentives so that was a nice kick in the teeth after the intensity of working under very restrictive and challenging covid conditions. -great co-workers with incredible knowledge began leaving in droves and the management response was the typical textbook "oh theres nothing wrong" filled with excuses like their stocks vested thats why they left. -The company is not competitive not only in salary in the area but in the job market. Many positions are not full time only contractor with no guarantee they will get converted and the contractor roles have terrible benefits so it doesn't attract top talent so good talent is leaving and the new hire options are not great. -Spent all of Covid taking Pulse surveys every week on what we thought about the company and working under covid restrictions only for them to receive the same complaints that were responded to with gaslighting. -There is no real understanding or reasoning behind promotions. Some people are high contributors with many years of experience and have experienced what you may expect with a promotion timeline (about every 3-4 years after showing they are at the next level) while other groups have people who have received a promotion every single year and are now at high levels with 5 years experience out of college and are somehow above the previously mentioned people with 10+ years experience and graduate degrees. Promotions are definitely more frequent in some groups than others and just drives resentment between people and groups.

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5.0
Jul 20, 2026
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Pros

Organized, Opportunity for growth, great internship program

Cons

Very big company, sometimes it's hard to get a good idea of how the entire company and all of it's departments connect.

2.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Interesting work that brings new medicines addressing unmet medical needs. Working with a group of highly skilled and knowledgeable people Allowing requests to be laid-off with generous severance enabling early retirement if so desired.

Cons

Loss of experienced people leading to loss of institutional knowledge and expertise at getting things done right the first time. Many new folks learning their jobs. Continuous budget cuts and layoffs - good news is established folks can request layoff and retire early WORST huge errosion in medical benefits. 2025-2026 32% increase in cost of single person high deductible insurance. Huge increase in allowable billable cost for the same cpt code services (eg. 2025 Dr visit $115 and same visit in 2026 $247). This change was hidden from employees until they went to the Dr and received their EOB bills. Company is managing loss of patents/revenue by hitting employee health care hard

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