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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4.0
Jan 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Important mission. Mostly ethical management. Some extraordinarily talented people and committed people. Excellent benefits and, depending on where in the company you sit, usually great flexibility with respect to work-life balance. Philanthropically generous.

Cons

While there are some exrtraordinary colleagues, there is staggering mediocrity hiding within a still-bloated organization. Highly bureaucratic and hierarchical, it can be difficult for innovative and dynamic leaders to find their way. It can be exceedingly difficult to move within the organization across functions or divisions. Neither performance management nor talent planning is done particularly well. Despite the rhetoric about world-class science, the company feels as though it has given science backseat for the last decade. Rather trying to innovate growth organically, Pfizer has become purely a deal-making machine. This can be more than a bit demoralizing for those who came to the company to engage scientific discovery with the best; the best scientists, I'm afraid, are elsewhere. The fatigue associated with the constant merging and restructuring and right-sizing is definitely taking its toll on staff.

1.0
Jan 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want to work for big Pharma, it is as good as any. The benefits are comparable to the other big companies.

Cons

Terrible management and no respect for people. Arrogance in attitudes that Pfizer is superior, when in fact, it is not. Training is riduculous, and drags out for years.

2.0
Jan 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are many talented people at Pfizer to make contacts and grow relationships with, but more and more of them are being laid off or jumping ship. Buyout packages have been generous, however. I do know of people who have moved fom temp to perm admin assistant to manager, and do on.

Cons

Low stock performance and massive layoffs have resulted in extremely low morale soon after Jeff Kindler was appointed CEO. There is little transparency and decisions are political vs. practical. There is a lot of talking and very little action or follow through. Communication is poor on a company-wide scale, and even within departments.

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