Merck KGaA reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,090 total reviews)
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Kai Beckmann

73% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Merck KGaA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,090 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Merck KGaA 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
2.0
Oct 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good base salary benefits, strong brand name, rich company with history, potential if they modernize their management style. Work-life balance is OK.

Cons

Very hierarchical & political, not enough emphasize on people management (skills), top down management, lack of communication to & involvement of employees, very local oriented (therefore limited career options), strong need for (German) processes and policies; emphasizes on how you do it, instead of the result.

1.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free fruit, cheap lunch, cheap massages

Cons

Very disorganised, its amazing anything productive or of any value gets done. Extremely hierarchical, process driven with some extremely bad behaviours which are encouraged and rewarded. This company doesn't make anything easy for itself

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