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
4.0
Feb 14, 2017

Specialist, engineering

Recommend
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Pros

Good work ethic. Great company for beginners.

Cons

Too many lay-offs has led talented people to leave the company. There is always uncertainty of job.

2.0
Feb 14, 2017

Not too bad on the whole

Recommend
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Pros

Capital is readily available when justified. Good team of people in manufacturing. Varied work and plenty to do.

Cons

Workload unfairly balanced acrosss staff. Overly bureaucratic, slow decision making. Lack of development or advancement opportunities.

3.0
Feb 8, 2017

Intern

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can learn a lot. It's a big international company with a lot of different areas. You get to travel also as an intern and to reach out to a lot of people from different sites in the world.

Cons

Often there is no chance to get hired afterwords, but there are chances to create a network within the company and to find other opportunities.

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