Great exposure - Project Manager Merck Employee Review

4.0
28 Oct 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Merck has a lot of programs to help their employees gain exposure to all aspects of the company! This is something that should not be taken lightly when looking for your next opportunity. The growth potential is great!

Cons

This is a very left leaning company. Where diversity is at the forefront, this company tends to pressure people into thinking all the same. This is the opposite of diversity.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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