Pfizer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,731 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 8,731 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
5.0
Jun 23, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I've never been more proud to work at a pharmaceutical company than being at Pfizer during the pandemic. Albert Bourla (CEO) truly seems to be focused on getting medicine to patients in need and "moving at the speed of science" rather than caving to outside pressures. The company supports a healthy work-life balance and provides good benefits and perks (monthly happy hours pre-pandemic, walking challenges to earn money off your health insurance premium, $500-1000 cash bonuses for going above and beyond your job).

Cons

It is a big company and there are a lot of middle managers who tend to focus on either their own egos or their limited perspective, rather than soliciting feedback from the people in the lab who actually do the work. There is a lot of internal politics, particularly in groups with people who have been with the company for a long time (i.e. lots of change-resistant people/managers). There are frequent reorgs/layoffs, so there's always an underlying fear that you or your group could be deemed unnecessary next. It can also be difficult to work across groups (often due to the politics), which can limit career and growth opportunities.

2.0
May 24, 2021

Lots of Window Dressing

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are good knowledge is fair

Cons

Straight Coin Farce widespread bureaucracy and politics is consuming

1.0
Mar 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

They pay better than average.

Cons

Too focused on politics and giving money to politicians. They don't have enough confidence in their own vaccine to allow us to return to site or remove mask mandates.

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