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Updated Mar 29, 2023

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Found 448 of over 582 reviews
4.0
79% Recommend to a Friend
Celgene Chairman and CEO Mark J. Alles
58% Approve of CEO

Found 431 of over 582 reviews

4.0
79%
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Celgene Chairman and CEO Mark J. Alles
Mark J. Alles
119 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Great Benefits for full time employees(in 45 reviews)
  • "All of the people are nice and very friendly.(in 41 reviews)
  • "There was a great culture(in 22 reviews)
  • "Great pay, patient focused, and quality driven.(in 20 reviews)
  • "salary good and current benefits(in 15 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee

    great culture and workplace

    Mar 29, 2023 - Principal Scientist 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
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    Pros

    Great benefits and awesome colleagues

    Cons

    however, limited career advancement opportunity

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  2. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Recommend this Cult to your Worst Enemies! (JuMP)

    Mar 20, 2021 - Manufacturing Associate in Bothell, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Genuinely great people to work with in Manufacturing, great work relationships can be formed amongst Manufacturing Associates.

    Cons

    High Turnover in key Manufacturing Roles, lack of experienced personnel Management often wastes lots of time in projects that makes the process more time consuming and less safe. Employees are the lowest priority. Burnout happens fast and often. People often backstab other people and put on a show to promote themselves. Heavy politicking and maneuvering at the expense of team cohesion and trust. The entire manufacturing department is just trying to escape to Process Development. Promotion only happens by sucking up to management. If someone in management doesn't like you, you won't go anywhere. Sexism, especially in management. Almost no women in supervisor or manager roles. Much harder to get projects approved as a woman. Non-existent work life balance. Expectation is for you to work more than you should by default. Unfair treatment between day and night shift. Communication between departments is poor, especially between Dexter and JuMP. People leading projects often have little hands on experience with the area they are trying to "improve", leading to processes being made harder and less safe for the patient. Manufacturing personal are often treated like second class employees. Other departments dismiss manufacturing associates out of hand. Too many people brainstorming on projects, not enough people executing. Management will not hesitate to outright lie to keep employees in line. Lack of learning opportunities, fails to promote mentorship, only expect the role you signed up for. Culture clash between GMP as written versus GMP as intended. Throwing yourself on the sword is expected, but never recognized.

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  4. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    My time with Lifebank USA/ Celgene

    Feb 13, 2022 - Senior Client Services Representative in Cedar Knolls, NJ
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Amazing Company! The Best CEO and CFO I have EVER experienced! This Company was Like a TRUE Family!

    Cons

    There were Absolutely NO Cons! Unfortunately, do to the rapid change in The job market The company downsized and My division was consolidated! I would GLADLY work there again if Ever given a Chance!

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  5. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Celgene was Awesome!

    Mar 17, 2022 - Director in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    People working together made this company great.

    Cons

    Selling us off to BMS, worst integration ever.

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  6. 4.0
    Current Employee

    review

    Jan 18, 2022 - Bio Statistician in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    provides great support to their employees beyond normal compensation and benefits, with an emphasis on work/life balance. They understand that happy employees are good employees! Incredible work culture, with incredible people, developing life-changing therapies.

    Cons

    Mismanagement of the company hirearchy

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  7. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    Changing Dynamics

    Feb 3, 2022 - Human Resources Generalist 
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great and congenial place to work

    Cons

    High growth equals fast paced and can be disorganized

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  8. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Great company

    Dec 13, 2021 - Executive Desktop Support in New York, NY
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Locally located in Jersey. Great people

    Cons

    management was not fair. A lot of favoritism in IT

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  9. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Good

    Dec 17, 2021 - Supply Chain Manager in Allentown, PA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    There was a great culture

    Cons

    The company location could have been better

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  10. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Great company to work for

    Oct 6, 2021 - Inbound Call Center Agent in Wichita, KS
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The company emphasized customer care.

    Cons

    The phone line was shut down after just two months because of a lack of customers calling.

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  11. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Painful Mergers

    Nov 19, 2020 - Senior Research Associate in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Exciting novel cell therapy experience. Exposure to multiple platforms and processes (manufacturing, analytical, raw materials,etc.). Fun work functions and lunches to make up for constantly working ridiculous hours.

    Cons

    The changes across the mergers (Juno to Celgene to BMS) that would impact employee’s career progression were very poorly communicated even at the managerial level. Everything is treated like an emergency; leads to rushed work that ultimately isn’t necessary or has to be repeated. Poor work life balance.

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Celgene Reviews FAQs

Celgene has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 582 reviews left anonymously by employees. 79% of employees would recommend working at Celgene to a friend and 45% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Celgene employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Celgene. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

79% of Celgene employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Celgene 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Celgene to be culture, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.

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