MedImmune Reviews in Gaithersburg, MD

Current Employee – been working at MedImmune for more than 3 years

Pros – Very large pipeline and some job security

Cons – Constantly changing directions. Insufficient resources

Advice to Senior Management – Create order

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

Current Employee – been working at MedImmune full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good people. good pay and rewards.

Cons – uncertainty with AstraZeneca looming. too many hats worn by singular employees

Advice to Senior Management – Need to hire more support staff around R&D

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MedImmune full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good culture and focused on the science. Large pipeline.

Cons – Away from major biotech hubs like SF and Boston.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MedImmune full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good work life balance. Good place for biotech in MD area

Cons – More importance to PhD than work experience. Hard to get career advancement easily.

Advice to Senior Management – Work on gap analysis between upper management and workers. Lack of communication and guidance in most departments

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MedImmune full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great people, Great Science, Flexible Home/work life

Cons – I don't have any complaints so far.

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

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

Pros – Lots of smart, committed people. Lovely working environment.

Cons – Leadership is young and maturing. Too many physicians and scientists have an entitlement mentality.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen the the smart people you have hired.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MedImmune full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of opportunities to contribute to many projects. Sufficient resources to get work done efficiently.

Cons – Promotion timeline can be a bit slow.

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

Pros – salary, work-life balance, benefits, team members

Cons – Leadership ineptitude, CEO & leaders say one thing but middle managers and VPs are not in line, goals are constantly different from what leaders stress, DATA DOES NOT DRIVE THE PROJECT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON MARKET AND PROFIT

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

Former Employee – worked at MedImmune as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – There is a commitment to delivering repeatable, supportable services and solutions within the operations of the company.

Cons – However, Sales Operations leadership can't blow their noses without consulting Accenture and bullies their support and services organizations for their inability to deliver. If the company took all the money they spend on the Accenture's and Deloitte's of this world and poured it into building a first rate services and support organization, and then EMPOWERED those teams, then Sales Operations wouldn't keep on making the stupid, expensive decisions they make.

Advice to Senior Management – Perform an audit of the Sales Operations organization and don't hire any existing external vendors to perform the audit.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – NONE that I can think of at this moment

Cons – This company has utter disrespect for employee safety, especially during Hurricane Sandy. This storm is described as "unprecedented," "catastrophic," "deadly," etc. MD and DC are under states of emergencies and local and government officials are warning residents not to travel unless absolutely necessary. All schools, local and FEDERAL governments are closed. Metro and bus service is suspended. Yet MedImmune remains open. We must use vacation if we do not travel to work in these potentially dangerous conditions and wind gusts.
Money, not safety, is their top priority. In 2011, when the DC area was hit by a 5.8 earthquake, MedImmune employees were told, "For future reference, and unless otherwise notified by EHS Personnel, employees should not evacuate their buildings." We were told to keep working, while government was encouraging employees to evacuate and stay safe.
In a recent employee satisfaction survey, employee engagement has significantly dropped. MedImmune needs to take these results seriously and realise that employees are not satisfied with the leadership running this organisation and the poor descions being made.
I have never worked at an establishment where my safety was put into jeopardy for their financial gain. Working from home is not an option for those of us in R&D
Lastly, I'd like to state that the employee emergency hotline has yet to be updated today, when our state is under an emergency declaration. I have to leave my children home alone and travel to work, where absolutely nothing will get done today.
The complete lack of leadership at this organisation in making this judgement call is staggeringly disappointing

Advice to Senior Management – Put employee safety first

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