BioMarin Pharmaceutical Reviews

Pros

CEO and upper management that care for their employees. A family-friendly environment that allows you to be home for the holidays (if your work schedule allows). Generous benefits, plenty of company gatherings, and a culture that tries to encourage togetherness. I wake up and enjoy going to work, I have made friends that feel like family, I love my company and what we stand for.

Cons

It can be difficult to move around within the company. The upper management encourages it however the different areas don't necessarily recruit from within and sometimes prefer to take their efforts externally first.

Pros

Biomarin is an organization entering a new growth stage as it learns how to operate in competitive therapeutic categories. A lot of opportunity exists for those who can help the various teams navigate this growth. Every person I’ve worked with in the organization is truly patient-focused and comes to work prepared to do the right thing by the patients we support.

Cons

A very lean organization that stretches folks to prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. Not a con so much as a reality for those who come from larger pharma organizations, there is no hiding behind your role here. Everyone is expected to pull their weight and work across teams.

Pros

The coworker here are generally great. Good compensation.

Cons

The management team is stupid. No one knows how the decisions are been made. The newly hired management team is even worse. They pretend they want to listen to us but actually just doing whatever they want. They want someone who can follow their instruction not someone who can do the real work. This company is going down. Too much politics in the company. Not some place to be creative and do real work. People are treated unfairly.

Pros

Interesting technologies (gene therapy, gene editing, small molecule) in ultra-rare diseases space, though moving to "medium rare" space

Cons

Senior management unable to grow from small biotech roots to a "real pharma" company; all decisions made by one person, rest of C-suite does not speak their minds at internal governance; current "transformation" efforts across all functions is not going well - actions don't match words; pipeline needs work; lots of turnover in middle management now due to poor managers; always worried about being taken over

Pros

Benefits package is great Company Culture- first time i've love where I work, BioMarin attracts good people. Several employee resource groups provide a way to be involved and feel a sense of community.

Cons

Top heavy organization structure. Seems to only be flat at the entry/mid-level. Upward mobility completely contingent on your manager.

Pros

Good work life balance, nice colleagues

Cons

Highly political, it all depends on who likes you and who you know to advance in the company. Senior management of different groups do not seem to really get along with each other, so there is internal strife between groups which leads to inefficiency. Lack in career advancement and the promotion process is highly opaque.

Pros

Clean campus, awesome managers here

Cons

Commute stinks but it is in a great location