GSK reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(7,040 total reviews)
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Luke Miels

82% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

GSK has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,040 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GSK employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.7 stars).

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7K reviews
3.0
Nov 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

tuition reimbursement, unlimited PTO, holiday shut down. WFH policy, 35-hour work week.

Cons

micro-managing, they do not support you when you want to advance to another position. Management is horrible, they do everything else but manage the employees. The pay is no where near what they pay the field yet they hold you to those same standards. Lastly, they do not value their current employees at all, feels like your in elementary school.

3.0
Sep 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

One of the biggest pros is flexibility, dependent upon your business unit. Also most of the people you work with are friendly and helpful. Pay is good - as long as you aren't comparing it to other Pharma's. As GSK is a UK company, we do get the week between Christmas and New Year's as shutdown. The appointment of internal candidate, Emma Walmsley as CEO, appears to be a positive step for GSK's future.

Cons

Once an admin - always an admin. There is very little room for growth, and although the company has a lot of development options, it does not trickle down to the support staff. Promises are made that managers will help you find more challenging roles, however they move on before anything happens. The company line is Work/Life Balance, however in the R&D environment many people cannot use their vacation days because of work requirements or external requirements (ex. FDA meetings). Many people lose their vacation days due to this, and no rollover or payout is allowed. As much as we are told we are valued, with the sale of the Oncology Business Unit, everyone has realized that we are only numbers with a dollar amount associated with our head. That is not how you value an employee.

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