Does MSD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MSD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MSD. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MSD?

79% of MSD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MSD 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSD?

Associate Director (80) , Intern (63) , Specialist (53) , Clinical Data Manager (47) , Engineer (46) , Estagiário (41) , Senior Specialist (41) , Associate Specialist (38) , Manager (37) , Sales Representative (36) , Project Manager (35) , Software Engineer (30) , Data Scientist (29) , Internship (24) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (24)

What are the pros of working at MSD according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits (e.g. a phone + almost unlimited mobile plan to all employees)." ((in 206 reviews)); "Good culture and people in general" ((in 185 reviews)); "Flexible and good work life balance" ((in 184 reviews)); "Great people and fulfilling work" ((in 158 reviews)); "Good salaries and bonuses." ((in 123 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MSD according to real employee reviews?

"Rare that you find a good manager" ((in 51 reviews)); "No career progression and worklife balance" ((in 27 reviews)); "bad leadership and alot of managment politics." ((in 23 reviews)); "Some office politics rears its head from time to time" ((in 16 reviews)); "Too much politics and depends who you know if you want to progress in career." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about MSD layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed MSD locations?

Rahway , West Point , Elkton , Durham , Boston , Lansdale , Rockville , New York , Philadelphia , Saint Louis , North Wales , Gaithersburg , Louisville , Jersey City , Kenilworth , Madison , Newark , West Point , Omaha , Wilson , Dallas , Ireland , South San Francisco , McMinnville , Atlanta , Branchburg , Morristown , New Brunswick , Summit , Whitehouse Station

MSD reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(321 total reviews)

Rob Davis

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

321 reviews

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3.0

Aug 13, 2020

PSR Life

Product specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great benefit and pay, great internal team

Cons

local management team is too pushy and all over the place

4.0

Jun 17, 2020

Very nice enviroment,. A lot opportunities to learn

Senior clinical data manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Managers care about you, there are possibilities to grow

Cons

Low income specially when you do extra hours but salary is the same

2.0

May 11, 2020

Useless IT department

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It really depends what team you are part of. Overall, environment and colleagues are ok. Great work-life balance. And if that's your thing and you're lucky enough to be part of particular IT teams, you can get relatively good salary for delivering almost nothing.

Cons

I can only talk about IT department I'm part of. Useless management which delegates responsibility to junior teams which leads to situation of barely delivering anything. Mostly unexperienced developers who cannot fathom consequences of their decisions. Very little value provided from scrum masters. Crowded office spaces, often leading to situation where employee doesn't have a place to sit(!) but no generous home-office policy.

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