Below average bonus, no stock options - Senior Statistician Merck Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Senior statistician compensation info: Salary range is 96,700 to 164,500. 401(k) is company matching contributions of $0.75 for every $1.00 you contribute, up to 6% of total pay per pay period (maximum match is 4.5% of total pay, subject to plan and IRS limits) fully vested immediately. Pension plan is the company will provide at least 9.0% and up to 14.5% of your total pay each year (based on age and service) to the pension and savings plans combined, provided you contribute at least 6% to the Savings Plan, which is fully vested after three years. Three to six weeks of paid vacation time annually, based on length of service, 12 fixed holidays and four year-end shutdown days.

Cons

Senior statistician compensation info: AIP Target % is 13%. No Stock options. Merck PPO — Horizon BCBS is $98/month, Metlife dental is $20/month, VSP eye is $11.50/month.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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