GSK reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(7,036 total reviews)
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82% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

GSK has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,036 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
1.0
Jul 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people below the VP level - that is about it. The older executives that have been "real" GSK folks generally care about people and have interest in others developing and the greater good of the patient.

Cons

The new executives (VP+) moving in (mostly from Lilly) are motivated by power and carnage without any concern for employees, selling drugs or helping patients. Too many people for the number of products. Focus is on checking boxes rather than innovation Legal oversight has paralyzed the employee Have to get everyone's approval before you go to the bathroom - too much micro-management. Sucks the life out of innovation! Negative culture with everyone unhappy

3.0
Aug 10, 2011

OK, but room for improvement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits were very good Work life balance issues taken seriously Flexible work options were encouraged Educational and training opportunities provided on site are very good Efforts are being made to communicate business issues more openly

Cons

Reorganization of your department about every 18 months or so. Give the long-term impression that management doesn't know what it's doing. Frequent time wasted having to adapt to the "new" organizational structure every year and a half. Stealth cuts occurring in departments for several years. People just sudden;y disappear; hurts morale. Company insistence on forcing employees into "open space plan." Turns them into itinerant workers on site and damages morale.

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