If you're an engineer who wants to do engineering, look elsewhere - Anonymous employee Merck Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some great people, some cognizance of what makes for good culture, decent work/life balance if you try for achieve that. if you are willing to be blindly positive and use enough buzzwords you might go far here.

Cons

with raises for the two years I have been here being less than inflation, you can expect to make less and less as you gain experience. raises based on promotion/increased responsibility have been effectively eliminated in the post merger compensation framework. I expect bonuses will be slashed, if they remain at all and the next few years will be marked by stagnation

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Cons

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