Schering-Plough Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

good benefits and very well compensated

Cons

large company with a lot of red tape

Advice to Senior Management

hire better people at the lower management positions

Pros

Good place to work, nice and competetive benefits, flexible work hours. From personal development perspective you will develop leadership, collaborating and team work skills.

Cons

May have to travel to multiple work locations

Advice to Senior Management

Employee retention is important

Pros

Great salary, convenient location, good atmoshpere

Cons

Take over target, patent expiration

Advice to Senior Management

Keeu up the good job

Pros

Good team; flexible hours, good benefits

Cons

Managers have no accountability which leads to bias in treatment of employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees - don't listen to only your favourite team members.

Pros

Scientists were in charge.
Great work/life balance.
Highly Ethical environment.
Very good Scieince performed everyday.

Cons

Salary is below average.
Promotions are few and far between.
Merck is screwing everything up. they have very little regard for scientists or the scientific process. Merck uses antiquated techniques and has no problem throwing money out the window for shiny new toys.

Advice to Senior Management

It doesn't matter. Merck has taken over like a virus.

Pros

Fairly good benefit package and good PTO as well flexible working hours. Highly diverse company.

Cons

The senior management is very incompetent and unfair in decisions related to career advancement.

There was a lot of favouritism and disrespect of staf of different cultural background.

Advice to Senior Management

Take to time to appreciate the work of junior staff. More competent staff should be promoted to positions of increasing responsibility.

Pros

Location across the bridge from Manhattan. The pay is very good however. The company was recently purchased by Merck. It maybe a risky time.

Cons

Very expensive housing, I found my 2-br apartment for $2000/month. The company was recently purchased by Merck. It maybe a risky time.

Advice to Senior Management

this is not my area of expertise. I am not sure. The company was recently purchased by Merck. It maybe a risky time.

Pros

Overall the company was a nice place to work but the department I worked for had management problems.

Cons

Depends on the department, no room for growth and did not show appreciation for work well done.

Advice to Senior Management

Appreciation is often more highly rated than monetary advancement.

Pros

Collegial atmosphere (excepting a few bad apples), easy access to management

Cons

You need to negotiate your salary/perks/grade while joining. Once you are in, moving up is not easy. Feedback and things to do to get to the next step, from management, are hard to come by.

Advice to Senior Management

More clarity on integration

Pros

Excellent pay
Holiday Shut Down
Decent learning experience
Tuition Reimbursment - they paid for my masters degree.
Good people to work with
Strong desire to succeed part of culture

Cons

Pressure to succeed extremely high
Expectation of being available at all hours of the day and night.
Work life balance - near impossible to raise a family

Advice to Senior Management

Slow it down a little bit. The job can still get done without working at 2 am from home. It's not worth risking family and health