Pfizer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,722 total reviews)
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Albert Bourla

49% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pfizer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 8,722 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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3.0
Oct 3, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

half day fridays and free prescriptions are great perks. also maternity/paternity leave. and work/life balance is much better than most other places i've seen.

Cons

you spend every day waiting to be ATS'd. and hear from everyone how great the company used to be. is very depressing. plus, the sales reps are horrid spoiled little brats who complain about everything.

3.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are above average, specially contributions toward 401K that are matched to one's age (the older one is, the higher the company's contribution). Health plan options abound to accommodate most situations. One has access to some of the most knowledgeable individuals in this industry, people that really show up to the right thing.

Cons

Pfizer has been trying to turn its financial woes around for at least 5 years. It has lost patent protection, and thus significant sources of revenue, in at least 10 products. The mother of them all, Lipitor, is just up ahead. The sever restructuring this has triggered, i.e., head count reductions, have gutted this company of talented personnel. If people are a company's most value assets, I am having a hard time seeing how that is being factor in decisions involving massive layoffs. We have gone from 94 manufacturing plants globally just 5 years ago to less than 40 by year's end. Manufacturing sites have become sourcing sites that compete with each other to remain part of the manufacturing network. How can US sites compete, cost-wise, with sites in India or China???? I see US sites "running scared" and that fear paralyzes decision-making and discourages innovation. Pfizer is shrinking and with it the necessary incentives for its employees to be engaged.

2.0
Oct 1, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

work life balance is excellent. The challenge associated with work is minimal

Cons

Pfizer provides minimal to no upward mobility for their employees. The company is constantly reorganizing and as part of these reorganizations they are loosing the core identity. This only matters because a large number of the senior leaders (Sr Director Level) are oldschool Pfizer/Warner Lambert/Pharmacia employees which steers direction of the groups. Organization is hurting in short term

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