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      Merck reviews

      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,163 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      83% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,163 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
      Sep 22, 2012

      Validation Engineer at Merck

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Merck is a great company to work for! They have strong presence in the production of various types of vaccines. Additionally, they have great educational assistance programs.

      Cons

      In the technical engineering role, it's a little bit challenging to move up the ladder.

      3.0
      Sep 14, 2012

      Opportunity to make a difference, but unstable work environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Merck makes important medicines, such as its pediatric and adult vaccines. Manufacturing these medicines, and developing new medicines, is an important public health contribution. - Merck's strength is its organizational experience with clinical development and the regulatory environment, and in manufacturing of complicated medicines. - Lots of good experience to be had, in a variety of functional roles from discovery to development and manufacturing, from quality to regulatory to technical science and engineering jobs.

      Cons

      Merck is trying to re-invent itself as a low-cost manufacturer, and leader of the field, but all while minimizing the amount of money spent. Upper management turnover is quite high, and leads to a very unstable environment, with a high rate of change, and minimal acknowledgement of the challenges this brings. The implicit message is that employees should be happy to have a job, and they should suck it up and work harder.

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