Everything changes. - Clinical Research Specialist Merck Employee Review

4.0
Dec 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At Merck you will have the opportunity to make a difference. There are many different aspects within the current environment that are open for development by someone who is willing to put forth the effort.

Cons

The environment is somewhat sober. Most people are so busy that it is difficult to develop close or personal relationships. There are also many new changes and processes that must be followed. The first time through can be somewhat painful, and when you think you finally have it, the process gets changed. We are moving toward standardization, which should, eventually, make the business run more smoothly...for now, though, there are growing pains.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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