The Greatest Company Ever - Union Supervisor Merck Employee Review

5.0
2 Nov 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You move up superfast; get paid well into 6 figures; constantly get rewarded for your performance; you are treated just as equal as the senior management; you are allowed to move around and take new jobs in the company; you are involved in high level decisions if you want to be; basically, this is the best company that has ever existed in the history of mankind;

Cons

cons? not at this goldmine; everyday is better than the one before; there is not one negative aspect at working for this wonderful company

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5.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellent company to work with.

Cons

No cons encountered so far

4.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits like medical/dentist/vision, pension, stock option, 401k match. Co workers are excellent, pretty good on site symposiums, lot of diversity clubs/activities. Innovation is extremely welcomed. Diversity in research portfolio. AI/ML is heavily invested to make databases more efficient.

Cons

Micro managing, especially within the biologics department, potentially others. Promotions are limited, and pay bump is poor. Company invests too much in buying companies rather than keeping talent - lay offs let go of great talented people. Merck is afraid of investing into exploratory biology and doesn’t take risk - they even admit they would rather see other companies clinical data or R&D data rather than taking a risk. Although it’s slow going in building new software, current databases are slow and needs much improvement. Extremely poor work/life balance.

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