Stressful - Anonymous employee Merck Employee Review

2.0
Sep 29, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The salaries and benefits are in line with other pharmaceutical companies in Ireland.

Cons

Very stressful. There is a lot of talk about work-life balance and employee health, yet work-life balance is difficult to attain, with long hours required to achieve what is expected. Frequent global re-structuring does not allow for stable operations, and sustained business operations improvements.

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Pros

Work from home (that may not always be a perk, but it is now for writers), choice of flexible hours (7 AM - 9 AM starting), friendly, helpful people, great bosses, people very interested in their jobs, plus a lot of educational benefits, you are trained on all aspects of Merck and your job.

Cons

I cannot think of any, though sometimes work from home has its drawbacks, because the employee doesn't get all the information that an onsite employee would.

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