Not really all its cracked up to be - Quality Specialist Merck Employee Review

1.0
Aug 3, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, that's about it.

Cons

Abusive work environment. Expect long hours with people you need to help and will never help you in return. Also expect to have 8 different things sent to you, all due yesterday, with harassing and demeaning calls and emails from middle management all day about them. If you try to take off, you'll get told you need to 'run the business' even as a low-level employee by your manager or their manager who makes 3x your salary. Also never expect a promotion unless you're willing to work consistent 16 hour days...no work-life balance for you unless you want to be stuck in the same role for 10 years!

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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
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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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