Amgen Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Amgen for more than 3 years

Pros – Good Benefits, Growth, you get the feeling that you are making difference in people life.

Cons – May be but not sure of any.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amgen full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Develop and promote from within

Cons – Senior management distant from workforce

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amgen

Pros – Amazing perks (gym, soccer field, on site daycare), beautiful campus

Cons – Opportunities were few and far between the last few years, but starting to pick up.

Current Employee – been working at Amgen full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – TO is a beautiful campus, we have terrific benefits and we are doing important work.

Cons – The values and culture have changed. It's disheartening, but still a good place to work overall in most departments. Some departments are to be avoided.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amgen full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – fair salary with good benefits.

Cons – Sometimes has more restrictions than others

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Amgen

Pros – Great benefits, Decent pay, Great people

Cons – Thousand Oaks doesn't have much to offer

Former Employee – worked at Amgen full-time

Pros – Great people and culture. Access to senior management a plus, as well as new learning opportunities. Constantly trying to create efficiencies and improvements in the way the company and the functions operate.

Cons – Amgen is just now working on putting into place structured career development groups. In the future, once these groups are more mature, there will be good opportunities for employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amgen full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Still doing great things to change the quality of lives for people with terrible diseases. Some of the smartest people you will ever find.

Cons – Opportunities to advance in management are now limited. They tend to like to hire from the outside. Outsourcing has killed the culture that Amgen was founded and their success built.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to real workers and stop building a culture of 'yes' people who are afraid to take risks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Amgen full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great benefits, good pay, growing pipeline

Cons – Top Heavy, shrinking development opportunity

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amgen full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Really smart, hardworking, busy people
Silicon-valley type benefits for southern cal
Technology-heavy work environment

Cons – Last few years mgmt has been heavy-handed with cost-cutting. People with 10-15 years tenure were let go with a few hours notice.
No visibility to mgmt decision-making.
Bottom-line is the stock price. So watch your back and keep a step-ahead of layoffs.

Advice to Senior Management – Short-sighted decision-making, with advice fed by management consultants is harming the morale and loyalty of employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend