Top down control has its pros and cons - Senior Specialist, Business Consulting Merck Employee Review

3.0
Oct 10, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Clear, generally well organised company that has a lot to offer in terms of benefits, growth, challenges and opportunities

Cons

Company seems to lack vision and is currently scrambling and firefighting. Too much top down control stifles good ideas from the bottom up and top management is clearly lacking good ideas

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Cons

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5.0
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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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