Amgen Employee Review

Pros – Great benefits, stock, health/dental/vision with a big Amgen contribution, TO gym, fantastic eateries on site.
Annual bonuses.
Intellectually stimulating.
Very bright people who are dedicated to their job.

Cons – High stress, overworked departments, many senior managers/directors are promoted and have had no training to manage staff.
Staff morale is at all time low.
Offshore Outsourcing while Amgen jobs are being eliminated.
Outsourced work is poor quality and requires rework over and over.
Senior and Executive Managment are not involved with middle management. They are triple booked in meetings everyday, all day and have lost connection within their own departments.

Advice to Senior Management – Priority 1 EDs, Directors and SM Reconnect with your departments Find a way to let talented staff come up with ideas to make things work better and get a consensus to actually implement those ideas. Not just vent sessions.
Take a hard look at Managment are they the best?
Discontinue unnessary meetings.
Realize that outsourced work may save $ in beginning but the rework costs more in the end.