working here - Analyst Merck Employee Review

3.0
Jan 7, 2014
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Pros

salary is competitive. some nice people.

Cons

Most managers are lousy. They care only for their own $$. They don't care about their direct report. They are the captain of the ship that will jump ship first when the boat is sinking. They will throw any projects to you without even considering your current portfolio and expect you to deliver. If you fail, it is your fault. Managers don't take blame. As I said, they only take care of themselves.

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits like medical/dentist/vision, pension, stock option, 401k match. Co workers are excellent, pretty good on site symposiums, lot of diversity clubs/activities. Innovation is extremely welcomed. Diversity in research portfolio. AI/ML is heavily invested to make databases more efficient.

Cons

Micro managing, especially within the biologics department, potentially others. Promotions are limited, and pay bump is poor. Company invests too much in buying companies rather than keeping talent - lay offs let go of great talented people. Merck is afraid of investing into exploratory biology and doesn’t take risk - they even admit they would rather see other companies clinical data or R&D data rather than taking a risk. Although it’s slow going in building new software, current databases are slow and needs much improvement. Extremely poor work/life balance.

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