Need Culture Reset - Senior Engineer Moderna Employee Review

1.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The science is promising. There are a large number of disease areas where the company is making or can make a real impact because of the flexibility of the mRNA platform.

Cons

Up through a high level, management and even entry level employees play self preservation games. They passionately brown nose and embrace certain initiatives while fully ignoring meticulous or unglamorous operational work which is still highly critical. These people then form a cartel and are promoted. If you care about such issues, you’ll have to manage way up to resolve them and will not be rewarded for it. No communication across departments due to turf wars. The outcome is that everyone is worse off.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

great benefits, great management, great food :)

Cons

Expected to stay online and be available as needed, even with no scheduled weekend work.

1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary is above industry standard.

Cons

This is by far the most chaotic and dysfunctional organization I have ever been part of, and honestly the worst I've ever heard of. I can't believe how many new employees just hand back their signing bonus and leave. And good for them! The only reason anything gets accomplished in the clinical regulatory space is because the people who really believe in mRNA therapies stick with their therapeutic area and weather the storm of gross incompetence, bullying, and constant running in the wrong direction just because the loudest person in the room is always listened to, and she is never, ever correct. Their recent reorgs saw some of the most talented, experienced, and kind individuals exited by the company. They are thriving in their new positions. This place is NOT worth your sanity, peace, talent, joy, and you ARE going to be bullied and gaslit. All the negative reviews on Glassdoor are on the money. There is no reason to join this organization unless you genuinely have no regard for other employees, are just a ladder climber, and want to make some extra cash and stock options.

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