Pros
70% family owned business, 30% public. Provides great balance for long term thinking with accountability from the capital markets to deliver according to the financial guidance. Highly diverse. Merck has 3 business sectors: Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. For employees, this creates a great opportunity for growth through cross-sector job rotations and talent development programs. For shareholders this provides great stability and hedges normal market fluctuations. For Customers we leverage technology from all 3 sectors, visible in Advanced Analytics, Predictable Quality Control, Industry 4.0, Digital Fingerprinting of Supply Chains, Business Continuity Planning,
Cons
Highly matrixed organization creates a need for strong network development to learn how to efficiently drive the business. It is quite possible, it just takes some time to learn the ropes.
