Merck reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,176 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

81% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,176 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Merck 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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2.0
Aug 16, 2013

Crazy land

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Pros

The pay is excellent and 401K match up to 7 percent is great.

Cons

Union is too strong and Upper Management is too afraid to do anything about it. West point is detine to fail with a weak upper management. Who allows an employee 15 days to not call or show to work and still have there job.

2.0
Aug 16, 2013
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Pros

Many smart scientists still work at Merck, especially below the Executive Director, and probably below the Director levels.

Cons

Instability over the last 5 years that leads to direction changes every 8 months (especially in Oncology). Complete incompetence and lack of any vision at the highest management levels (people like Rich Tillyer) -- they use the company to exercise their huge egos, while destroying any real science and innovation. A lot of incompetence at the lower management levels (Executive Directors, Directors). Extreme inefficiency of the decision making process -- all power brokers need to be satisfied, leading to bad decisions. Good scientist and good science are not respected.

3.0
Aug 15, 2013

Good company, though not always good to employs

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great compensation; flexibility; golden handcuffs

Cons

Title slashing; bonus reduction; poor technology

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