Pfizer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,718 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 8,718 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
Jan 24, 2024
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Pros

Pfizer is a great company full of talent. You will always be surrounded by the best of the best and there are a million ways to learn and grow.

Cons

Morale has never been lower. Our CEO started out doing well and helped steer us through Covid, but has gotten insanely greedy and squandered all the profits in less than two years on a series of terrible business decisions. He ignores advice and steam roles everyone around him. Things will get better if he is ousted.

3.0
Jan 22, 2024

Like a backstabbing “friend”

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Pros

Good salary and Competitive benefits

Cons

Poor management. Ineffective at leveraging personnel talents. Senior leadership doesn’t effectively plan. This is case back to late ‘90s when viagra came out. They immediately built new buildings in new London, ct that were shutdown a few years later. Same behaviors around COVID where senior leaders think that type of returns has strong basis for continuing. Place okay but don’t buy the hype about being a family and only caring for the patient. They are financially motivated and reorganize every 18 to 24 months which means you need to be very proactive with keeping your skill set marketable

4.0
Dec 20, 2023
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Pros

From a culture perspective, it is the best place i've ever worked. Everyone is helpful, knowledgeable and approachable, and you feel safe sharing any concerns with managers. You are instantly welcomed into the company, invited to social events (both in and outside of work), which helps you to make new connections and settle in very quickly. Your own ambitions and learnings are listened to, and your goals and work objectives can be moulded to help your growth. Company benefits are quite good, and include a decent pension contribution from Pfizer, mental-wellness resources, volunteering and wellness days, and the ability to buy/sell holiday. The work is interesting, and there is scope to do rotations around groups to get experience in different areas. You are also encouraged to apply for growth opportunities posted around the company, and for other internal roles if interested.

Cons

The only thing that has and is ruining that company is the executive leadership team. The company came out of the covid nightmare with record-breaking profits and the admiration of those all over for their response to the pandemic. You felt proud to be a part of it, or to join it afterwards. The CEO and his team have severely mishandled the finances of the company, turning what should've been a golden-era into a slew of redundancies, causing hundreds of highly skilled scientists to be losing their jobs, in some cases right before Christmas. No doubt they'll all still take their million dollar bonuses for good measure. And while you await your redundancy, you receive regular communications about how much the company has delivered this year, all the approvals from regulatory agencies and yet there you are facing the success you contributed to, with no job in the new year. Don't get comfortable at Pfizer, don't re-locate for it, and don't pin your hopes and career dreams on it - because there's a very strong chance your role just isn't safe.

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