Amgen Reviews

I have been working at Amgen full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good salary, good benefits, nice campus

Cons – Employees voice barely gets heard

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

Pros – patients first- make products that have a huge positive impact on people's lives. Everyone knows someone who takes an Amgen product and has great things to say about them. Truly a patient-first company. Great benefits, vacation, holiday packages can't be beat. Fun work environment.

Cons – Competitive, sometimes cut-throat culture- sometimes very stressful. Limited opportunities for advancement. Limited forgiveness for mistakes.

Advice to Senior Management – Help to keep the workplace fun- sometimes gets too intense and cut-throat.

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

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

Pros – Great benefits, good work-life balance, good salary. The current management is doing a pretty good job of bringing the company back to prominence.

Cons – Corporate culture. Sub-par performance is tolerated. You don't become the best Biopharmaceutical company in the world by holding on to the people that hold you back. I would bet that at Amgen about 10% of the people do 95% of the work.

Also, there is a huge discrepancy in how people are treated and respected. In the science arena, contract workers are treated with respect and appreciation. However, on the business side, in general, contract workers, who do a lot of important things are highly mistreated and not respected. They do a lot of the positive things that Amgen FTEs take credit for and yet they are treated like underlings. I know HR tries to control this, but they need to try do a better job. People are scared to say anything because they think they will just be shown the door (which they will).

Both of these things are something the company really needs to address to improve the culture.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the people that don't perform. They are collecting huge paychecks, doing nothing to add value to the company, and actually sucking the life out of valuable, hard-working employees. If everyone did the "Right Thing" - and this applies to their job and how they treat people, then the corporate culture would be much improved.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Amgen full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – The campus is quite beautiful.

Cons – Very poor culture for contract workers. There is a general lack of respect for contracted employees. I am very good at my job and am taking my knowledge and experience elsewhere. After so many years (7+) of giving the highest level of service, I am leaving to preserve my self respect.

Advice to Senior Management – Clean house. There are far too many FTEs with little to no productivity. I would bet good money that my work is credited to FTEs on Performance Evaluations.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I 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

I have been working at Amgen full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – The company has great pay and benefits and is the most generous in the area. The campus is beautiful and the weather is usually fantastic.

Cons – Once you're in the door, career growth is slow as most hiring occurs from outside to take advantage of the weak economny. Amgen is also the most generous company in the area and there are not many external opportunities that match their benefits and compensation. If you want to grow your career and match your total compensation, expect to relocate.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't underestimate the value of tribal knowledge. Many excellent employees have left Amgen to advance their careers, and valuable history and company experience left with them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Great campus and gym, great science, generally good people

Cons – senior management gets more money while those doing the work (director and down) are getting less and less every year. Keep taking away the little things. Lack of development opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – When I joined, Amgen was still unique but has turned into a typical large pharma company. More and more levels of management and politics to deal with with less recognition and innovation.

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

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

Pros – In the old days, Amgen was a big company that worked like a startup. The compensation was good, and there was a collaborative atmosphere and staff were motivated and energetic. The compensation is still good, and there is still collaboration, but not so much energy and motivation.

Cons – Organization and Culture is changing, maybe we are becoming 'big pharma' - but the market seems to like what's happening now, as the stock price is doing really well.

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

I worked at Amgen full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great pay, benefits, perks and life balance

Cons – Overly political, if you aren't "in" with the managers you will be pushed around and pushed out. HR is useless and in no ways supports the working class.

Advice to Senior Management – It would benefit the company to at least look into the working classes complaints. If you keep those actually doing the work happy, you might be able to keep them there and doing the work...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I 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