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      Merck reviews

      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,172 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,172 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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      6K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 22, 2012

      The company pays well and has great benefits.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good pay and benefits. The products the company develops, manufatures and sells are vital to improving a patients quality of life and they save lives.

      Cons

      In the manufacturing setting, due to the current layoff climate, there seems to be a lot of finger pointing, particularly at the lower levels. Unfortunately, regardless of personal performance, lots of times the squeaky door gets heard over the objective results.

      2.0
      Apr 21, 2012

      Good benefits, but terrible environment.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Compared with other companies in the area, Merck has a good benefits package and above average compensation if you are willing to start out in a union role. Vacation time also builds up quickly.

      Cons

      No development for employees. Your ability to achieve a work life balance will depend on your manager. Some people are given great flex schedules, while others are told that they need to come in early and stay late to cover those who have flex time. Middle management is grossly incompetent and over staffed while those displaying product and process knowledge are being laid off. Site head of quality operations stood in a cross-functional meeting and announced that he doesn't care how many 483s the company gets, as long as they save money. Morale is at an all time low, and managers encourage employees to work 10+ hours of unpaid OT each week by constantly reminding workers that there are more layoffs scheduled for this year.

      2.0
      Apr 20, 2012

      Merck's culture is a combination of compliance, bullying and arrogance (I left Merck)

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are some very good people who work at Merck. It depends on the organization. The company sub-cultures offer respite from the arrogance. You can work from home provided you receive permission.

      Cons

      Internal competitiveness which becomes destructive at times, under the guise of performance management. Bullying by managers is tolerated if not encouraged.

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