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      Merck Reviews

      4.1

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (6,171 total reviews)
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      Rob Davis

      82% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture and values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Merck has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Merck employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      6K reviews
      4.0
      30 Jun 2026

      Strong benefits and excellent coworkers, but poor management

      Senior scientist i
      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.

      4.0
      30 Jun 2026

      Benefits and pay are great, but management varies

      Specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits and high salary, a lot of room for growth.

      Cons

      Experience depends highly on your manager and department. I worked my butt off and had an awful manager in a toxic department, but now I have an amazing manager in a much calmer department.

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