Amgen – “Good place to work. Very smart and talented employees; slow career progression and poor talent development.”

Pros

Very smart and talented employees; good benefits including compensation; 5 weeks total of paid time off per year; excellent weather.

Cons

Slow career progression and poor talent development; so profitable it cares less about cost management than it should (even though it is much better than it used to be).

Advice to Senior Management

Strength is communication from senior management (including quality and frequency); area for development is career progression (speed thereof) and talent development (quality thereof).