GlaxoSmithKline Reviews

I worked at GlaxoSmithKline full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Values and culture of company, excellent portfolio, transparency

Cons – None, apart from certain budget limitations

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

I have been working at GlaxoSmithKline full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Upward mobility, constant challenge and change

Cons – Changing industry, federal constraints, public perception of industry

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

I have been working at GlaxoSmithKline

Pros – Great job opportunities and networking chances.

Cons – Only take the best of the best.

Advice to Senior Management – I wish they would post jobs more frequently.

I worked at GlaxoSmithKline as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Professional Lab Experience
Great atmosphere
Great Program director

Cons – Had to find own housing once accepted into the internship program.

Advice to Senior Management – Help students from out of the country, and out of the area find housing when coming for an internship.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at GlaxoSmithKline full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – GSK maintains competitive salaries, a fun/fast-paced work environment, and great company values. They also hire and retain some of the smartest talent in the industry. This is a great company to work for as an new graduate or mid-career professional. I wouldn't want to work for any other company.

Cons – The pharmaceutical industry is volatile and, at times, there is not a great feeling of job security.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at GlaxoSmithKline full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – High pay, excellent company strategy, opportunities to have impact and to develop

Cons – Demanding competitive environment has led to restructuring and reducing overall cost structure

Advice to Senior Management – Kudo for making the tough decisions that will make the company viable in the long term

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

I have been working at GlaxoSmithKline

Pros – Very flexible work schedule.
Work personal life balanced.

Cons – Sadly, its not a software company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at GlaxoSmithKline

Pros – Great place. Good compensationa nd benefits. Best training I ever had for sales.

Cons – You are just a number. Bad economic time you will be cut. You do two ride alongs with your boss a month; which is fine. But if your numbers for the week are bad then he will be on your butt aboout it. Micromanaging. Business doesnt always have to be threw the roof.

Advice to Senior Management – Dont micromanage and worry about insane profits.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at GlaxoSmithKline

Pros – Great international Fortune 500 company. Better than average share of fair and well-meaning management. A top-tier pharmaceutical and consumer brand endeavor that is lean on funding, but not stingy.

Cons – If it stands still, it gets outsourced. So prevalent is the outsourcing that large meetings between business and IT can be made with real business-impacting decisions committed and only afterward that one notices that no actual employees were involved. Teleconferences involving four or five counties, time zones and accents are so common that you cease to realize that you are picking-up slang from the other side of the planet.

Advice to Senior Management – The Nike model of "outsource everything that you can" is business sustainable for manufacturing. But you are also a powerful R&D company. Farming out everyone that supports your key knowledge employees directly and indirectly does save short-term and even some long-term TCO, making shareholders happy. But if you continue to erode your employee base, you continue to erode the number of workers that genuinely care about the success of GlaxoSmithKline. When this sinkhole finally erupts at the surface years from now you will wonder why everyone is "letter of the process" instead of "spirit of the company" when key initiatives that require nimble teamwork fall flat. There are only so many mergers that will staff off catastrophe that you can arrange. Try refocusing on building your company from within instead of without, before it is too late.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at GlaxoSmithKline

Pros – great pay; if you work hard you'll be rewarded; high caliber of professionals on team; excellent ongoing training; excellent vacation and time off; can have work/life balance

Cons – I was laid off and despite that would rave about the company. I picked my poison so could expect that being the least tenured person on the team. I had a wonderful experience during my time there. I won a trip, made great money, felt proud of what I was doing. Yes, the cons...NO STABILITY. I agree. The morale is very low right now. Anyone who wants to get into pharma should wait. Get sales experience elsewhere copier, telecommunications, insurance, whatever...and come back when things look up. So cons, lack of stability, low morale, lack of motivation, no clear direction for professional development and growth, and most importantly, no sense of career advancement at all.

Advice to Senior Management – -Keep goals and objectives attainable and realistic. Strive to keep morale high. Change compensation to be based on commission rather than bonuses. With commission you are compensated on whatever you set, rather than only making money when you hit goal.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend