MSD reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,401 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

MSD has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,401 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MSD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Aug 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Role flexibility and to take on more. Good experience in dealing with changing numerous targets Remote working. Bonus at 20% Cross functional teams.

Cons

No work - life balance. Procurement targets fluctuate constantly. Category switches too often which upset stakeholders e.g. 4 different associate directors in less than 1 year Targets unrealistically stretched. Shareholder is king. Lack of emotionally intelligent managers

4.0
Aug 23, 2017

IT Solutions Tech Lead

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large, international company where you are working towards improving peoples lives.

Cons

Pharma industry is very regulated and everything takes ages to process. Very limited growth possibilities.

4.0
Aug 18, 2017

Good company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ethics is a shared value and is easily noticed, good internal environment to work, lots of collaboration among diverse areas

Cons

Bureaucracy, slow proccesses, alck of autonomy

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