Pfizer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,732 total reviews)
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Albert Bourla

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pfizer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 8,732 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pfizer 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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9K reviews
4.0
Jun 1, 2015

challenging environment challenging people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pfizer portfolio is outstanding to work on. In my time there I really felt like I was making a difference and I was also resourced appropriately to do so.

Cons

People are agressive and ladder climbers. Work is often passed on to individuals who are "doers" while others reap the rewards. Reward was not based on merit.

2.0
May 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great, bright people to work with with lots of learning opportunities. Unfortunately this has gone downhill in recent years. Work-life balance is nearly non-existent, and Pfizer is losing many great people.

Cons

Upper management has no idea what they're doing and it shows. Poor decisions are made on a constant basis, which leads to a negative working environment. It is difficult to focus on your job when you're never sure how much longer you'll be considered "useful". It is incredibly demoralizing when others are treated like pawns in a chess game rather than colleagues.

1.0
May 21, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay, good benefits and nice coworkers

Cons

Don't walk, run from this job, you'll hate every second of it. No work life balance, forced overtime during the weeks and almost every weekend. (was told I would work Mon-Fri that didn't happen) They try to run around the clock with very little resources so the resources they do have are very overworked and stressed to the max. Then when you do get forced you usually end up sitting around waiting for all the managers from all different departments try to make a decision what to do next and not one of them wants to make a decision in fear of a higher boss not liking that decision made. Always wait till the last second to announce overtime so you cant plan anything. Only for sure way to get time off is to use a benefit. Very slow to provide resources as promised in the contract if they provide them at all. If you don't park the way they want you to you'll get written up by one of their security super troopers. Don't really get to use much maintenance skill here most of the real maintenance work is contracted out. They will put you through school but you wont get to use anything you learn because Pfizer doesn't want the liability. Don't think the place will make it another 5 years the way its being run.

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