Moderna reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(850 total reviews)
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Stéphane Bancel

45% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Moderna has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 850 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Moderna 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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1.0
Apr 27, 2026

Moderna

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are really good Good pay Good infrastructure

Cons

Toxic culture People management is poor Culture is not good at all

2.0
Apr 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good lower level scientists around you

Cons

Out of touch leadership with terrible management. Constantly changing goals in the name of “pivoting” and “moving fast” but actually just an incredible amount of waste in terms i of both money and talent. Almost cult like atmosphere. Toe the line and don’t challenge the science too much or you’re out. Easy enough to keep your head down at the sr scientist level but deeply demoralizing to see good scientists above you let go because of their good but unpopular scientific opinions. This is not a science first place And all for what? They say speed and vision will give you innovation but in my experience here it’s exactly the opposite- I was surprised and disappointed by the lack of innovation. Didn’t feel like they were doing anything that other companies weren’t also doing. Commitments to projects were too short term or too shallow or too unstable to actually push the envelope

3.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The science and innovation are amazing with a strong pipeline for future launches.

Cons

Aspiring to be a multi product and multi therepeutic Pharma company that doesn’t want to let go of its biotech roots. Work is poorly orchestrated with teams and orgs often working in silos. High turnover and frequent change makes it challenging to ensure continuity of work. Huge push to create agents/AI tools with limited resources and low understanding of how to execute effectively.

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