Merck Research Laboratories is a great place to work with flex hours and strong sense of community. - Medicinal Chemist Merck Employee Review

4.0
Jul 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The facilities are top notch. There is an onsite gym with complimentary gym clothes wash and dry. There are flexible work hours to accommodate people with families or who need to adopt an early or late schedule. There is a strong sense of community there and the feel is that people are happy to work there. There is also a shuttle from the NJ Transit -Rahway station to the Rahway site so taking public transportation is easy.

Cons

At the time, there were only 2 weeks of vacation, but I believe that has changed to make it more competitive with other companies. The onsite gym membership is not free but comparable to outside gym membership.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and pay are great

Cons

Depends on manager and organization is how your experience and work life balance will be

4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and high salary, a lot of room for growth.

Cons

Experience depends highly on your manager and department. I worked my butt off and had an awful manager in a toxic department, but now I have an amazing manager in a much calmer department.

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