Amgen Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Amgen full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – high company values, good working conditions, care for the employee, open door policy, honesty

Cons – career change opportunities were limited to a certain degree

Advice to Senior Management – -

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 3 years

Pros – Amgen is a great company to work for. Financially very strong and has great work culture.

Cons – Career growth is limited and there are not many pharma companies in the neighbourhood

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Intelligent staff, incredible campus & great culture

Cons – It's the only big company in the area, so you are isolated a bit.

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 3 years

Pros – nice life/work balance; innovation; good place to raise family

Cons – a bit far away from city.

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 – Great people, culture, benefits. Beautiful campus, especially the newer buildings

Cons – Sometimes you get stuck working in areas that aren't exactly your first choice and sometimes its hard to get out of that position. Sometimes people are moved around to different groups and never get a good amount of experience in any one area due to the constant moving that is needed by the business.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at the history of employees and if their history with the company shows that they have been moved around a lot and you are about to move them, you should ask them if they want to move and maybe think about moving someone else so that the person may stay in a position for once, and get enough experience to do some good, especially if its someone who has already previously been moved around a lot.

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 3 years

Pros – Flexibility, Good Pay and Benefits

Cons – Somewhat difficult to move upwards as the company has a very flat organizational chart.

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

Former Employee – worked at Amgen as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Some Amgen employees are exceptionally smart and will inspire you
Company has a lot of resources
Best-in-class compensation for interns
Bottom Line: I learned so much and am grateful for this experience

Cons – Some departments hire interns, others do not
Thousand Oaks is very suburban, and Los Angeles is a long drive away

Advice to Senior Management – Amgen is highly desirable for students - keep up the solid internship experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Amgen as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Smart colleagues
- Excellent benefits
- Professional development opportunities

Cons – none, it was a great learning experience to me

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work

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 3 years

Pros – Great company to work for. Salary and bonus structure make it difficult to ever want to leave.

Cons – Very hard to move up in company. Company thinks employees should do many lateral moves before trying to move up.

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 – Good opportunities and opportunities to move around

Cons – Suburbs, a lot of outsourcing

Advice to Senior Management – None

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