Biogen Idec Reviews

Pros

Outstanding benefits package for it's employees, casual work environment, and management encouragement for job promotion and incentives.

Cons

The current reorganization could have been planned more strategically.

Advice to Senior Management

None.

Pros

Very satisfying, well compensated, great people

Cons

they decided to not cotinue oncology

Pros

- Excellent compensation package
- Work / Life balance

Cons

- Work expectancy
- Too many layers of overhead

Advice to Senior Management

Need to have more visibility to all level of food chain

Pros

Great company, wonderful people and competitive saladry

Cons

Top heavy management, too many directors and vps

Pros

good place to work for, nice benifits

Cons

low opportunity of advancement within the company

Advice to Senior Management

could be less arrogant and more helpful

Pros

Great people to work with and a pleasant workplace environment

Cons

Company going through multiple organizational and businees focus changes. 2011 will be a year of change and adaption which may be difficult for most with big challenges ahead.

Advice to Senior Management

The success of any pharmaceutical organization is built on the value of it's employees and the financial performance of the company. Unfortunately the financial performance is the focus with a devaluated view of the employees. The changes in 2011 will eventually settle down and the balance will be restored.

Pros

Friendly environment, excellent infrastructure.
The leadership is good and a very exciting place to be working. Good knowledge transfer and cross functional training

Cons

Engineering is pretty difficult to get in for entry level candidates. Flexible workforce and that may be a con for some.

Advice to Senior Management

Increase cross functional training globally. Capital investment on the core competency research can also boost the companies performance in the future.

Pros

The company offers great salary and overall benefits including 200% match to 401K, Tution reimbursement and stock options with long term incentives. So you will feel financially good as long as you are employed by the company.

Cons

Poor leadership, No definite direction, every new executive wants to drive the company their own way without thinking about its employees and how it was done in past. Top executives seem to beleive strongly in the philosphy that their way is always the correct way. Sad to see the employees being laid off, who have spent over 10-15 years at the company specially during this hard economic times. Financial profits are given more value than core human values. I definitely regret my decision now.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop making big decisions by flipping coins in closed board rooms and trying to drive things your own way in a blind directionless fashion. Profit is not everything in life, Employees are human beings and not robots, which you are allowed to turn on and off with a blink of eye.

Pros

The benefits are great. Full medical coverage. Beautiful facilities and very nice people to work with. Management ensures that you're going in the direction you want to go.

Cons

Downsizing is resulting in entire sites to shut down. This leaves many employees with very little choice to relocate for some, or for others, to find themselves on the job market in tough times.

Advice to Senior Management

Management has done a great job in keeping employees fulfilled with their positions. Keep up with the recognition awards, promotions, etc., and employees will be happy.

Pros

I love working at Biogen Idec: benefits of a large company, but the feel of a small one! They also truly encourage moving within the company rather than losing you to another one.

Cons

I guess one thing I'd have to say is that sometimes there's a lot of re-doing of work if upper-upper management gets involved and they're not overly familiar with the day to day activities. Having said that, they're always open to hearing what the assocaited levels have to say.

Advice to Senior Management

My advice to management would be to keep morale up. With all the changes going on, some folks are weary of the company's future culture.