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      Large Company w/ Problems - Process Engineer Merck Employee Review

      2.0
      Jan 2, 2017
      Process engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Merck is a large pharmaceutical company with name recognition that will open up doors across the industry. Good benefits (pension, 401k, vacation, etc.) and work-life balance. There are several different jobs available to help those who want to know what they want to be when they grow up.

      Cons

      Pay could be better. I have worked with troublesome Union but currently work with clueless management; I prefer the troublesome Union. Merck is aggressively pursuing diversity in their leadership; making it difficult to be promoted as a white male. I honestly think they hire people that are not qualified for management roles just to meet a diversity quota (yes, a legit official objective to meet diversity [as opposed to qualified applicants]).

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      5.0
      Jun 30, 2026
      Business analyst
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent company to work with.

      Cons

      No cons encountered so far

      4.0
      Jun 30, 2026
      Senior scientist i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits like medical/dentist/vision, pension, stock option, 401k match. Co workers are excellent, pretty good on site symposiums, lot of diversity clubs/activities. Innovation is extremely welcomed. Diversity in research portfolio. AI/ML is heavily invested to make databases more efficient.

      Cons

      Micro managing, especially within the biologics department, potentially others. Promotions are limited, and pay bump is poor. Company invests too much in buying companies rather than keeping talent - lay offs let go of great talented people. Merck is afraid of investing into exploratory biology and doesn’t take risk - they even admit they would rather see other companies clinical data or R&D data rather than taking a risk. Although it’s slow going in building new software, current databases are slow and needs much improvement. Extremely poor work/life balance.

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