Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals part-time for less than a year

Pros – lots of opportunities to innovate

Cons – waste too much time on commuting between buildings

Advice to Senior Management – be more open minded

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Highly motivated energetic workforce made Vertex a lot of fun to work. Everyone seemed very passionate about what they do, which keeps everyone engaged.

Cons – Upper management had difficultly communicating vision and often rely on external expertise from consultants or new hires vs. hiring/promoting from within the organization.

Advice to Senior Management – Have a clear vision for your group. Get input from your direct report vs. relying on external expertise.

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

Pros – Hopefully it looks good on my resume

Cons – Management doesn't listen
Recognition doesn't exist
Forget about work-life balance
That special kind of passive-aggressive politics

Advice to Senior Management – FOCUS, listen to the people, and fix the ship. Do something when you know there's a problem rather than pretending it doesn't exist.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Flexible
friendly environment
Good communication
Good management
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Cons – Not many cons from this company

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

Current Employee – been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

Pros – Benefits, convenient location, office space are nice. Great work team that is very productive and professional

Cons – Immature and inexperienced management who micromanage. Department leadership dictate how to run department without getting advice from those in the department,

Advice to Senior Management – Recognition, communication will be keys to success. Encourage and empower your staff.

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

Current Employee – been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

Pros – -Brilliant people that are fun too
-uncompromising commitment to patients
-great benefits
- amazing time to be at Vertex in terms of its trajectory

Cons – -major growing pains
-big pharma decision-making and processes
-innovation and initiative from the ranks not rewarded

Advice to Senior Management – Encourage innovative thinking by embracing failure as a learning experience. Listen to your teams, as they have great, innovative, industry-transforming ideas that they won't share or push, because they fear for their jobs.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Pretty reasonable work hours. For the most part

Cons – Upper management does not provide clear direction

Current Employee – been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

Pros – Vertex has a family environment and a great atmosphere.

Cons – I have nothing bad to say about Vertex.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Flexibility, Good people, Great scientist minds

Cons – Hiring decision takes long time

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

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

Pros – Still has a chance to turn things around and become a successful long term Pharma company with a strong pipeline.

Cons – Is now in a holding pattern for the until the next drug is released in two years. Definitely concerned with costs now more than ever.

Advice to Senior Management – Acknowledge that some poor business decisions were made. Money and resources were squandered. Learn from your mistakes and move on.

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