Merck reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,169 total reviews)
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Rob Davis

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,169 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
Dec 5, 2011

Not bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are helpful, and you have a chance to learn something new. The working environment is good and scientist are all very professional.

Cons

The whole pharm world is laying off workers, same here. Some people are leaving and the whole company is shrinking.......

3.0
Dec 1, 2011

It is at expectation.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Experience working at Merck is widely acknowledged as very valuable. It should help me to develop career even outside Merck.

Cons

Merck is experiencing a hard time due to pipeline challenges. There is great uncertainty in the future of the company.

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