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    Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reviews

    Updated September 18, 2017
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    Vertex Pharmaceuticals President and CEO Jeffrey Leiden, M.D., Ph.D
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    86 Ratings

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    • Stressful work environment, poor work life balance, management out of touch with general employees (in 13 reviews)

    • I do have one recommendation to upper management, which I will enter in the next section (in 10 reviews)

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    1. "Awesome Company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

      Pros

      Great Company. Great science and great people.

      Cons

      Nothing bad to say. I had the best time working for this company.

    2. "Good spot to work if career advancement not important"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Excellent benefits, flexible working conditions, good locarion

      Cons

      Career advancement prospects are not good

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    3. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

      Pros

      Excellent benefits; competitive pay; good work environment

      Cons

      Smaller company then some I've worked at so movement opportunities can be limited.

    4. "Case Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, great company mission, great people to work with.

      Cons

      Lack of flexibility or option to work from home, limited opportunity for growth.

      Advice to Management

      Recognize/promote employees for the work that they do, not based on popularity or politics.

    5. "Quality"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits. Nice location. Stock if you can hold out for 5 years. Otherwise, it will be rescinded.

      Cons

      Sr. Management in Quality division is out of touch. If you leave before your the gifted stock is vested, you lose it. So, it's not the gift it looks like.

    6. "Decision making by consensus and changing for change's sake - if you like that kinda thing, you'd love it there!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

      Pros

      Location, benefits are phenomenal, vacation time = 4 weeks at start, not including the week between Christmas and New Year's for shutdown, people I worked alongside were great. Very flexible work environment - often booked huddle rooms to get work done if my workspace was too crazy, or I could work from home when needed.

      Cons

      Managers there are hit or miss; not everyone is open to coaching staff when it's necessary. I had several mgrs in a short time period, only one of them was effective. Another one gossiped about direct reports to each other and also peers. Never felt like anything discussed in our 1/1s was going to stay between us for long. Also never felt like I could truly take time off without checking in multiple times a day.

      Advice to Management

      Don't shoot the messenger, and really, TRULY empower your people to make decisions and learn to navigate the outcome. Reward those who speak up instead of making an example of them.

    7. "Specialist"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits especially ESPP and PTO.

      Cons

      Lack of internal growth development.

    8. "Scientific Associate i"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Incredible company to work for

      Cons

      no cons to working here

    9. "Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

      Pros

      The Culture is the best aspect of working here.

      Cons

      Moving up significantly is difficult

    10. "Vice President"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals full-time

      Pros

      Exciting, Fast moving company with incredible intellectual capital

      Cons

      Back-stabbing culture, corrupt executives, and no interest in listening to middle management

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