Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reviews
Updated Mar 21, 2023
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Sr. Management tends to micro manage and constantly accelerate timelines beyond reason." (in 31 reviews)
- "Fits in with culture of senior leadership disappearing in the middle of the night without a trace" (in 15 reviews)
- "Upper management uses bully tactics and if your female do not expect to advance into a leadership position." (in 12 reviews)
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★Featured Review
Fantastic people, culture and benefits
May 26, 2022 - Associate DirectorRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Strong culture of innovation and urgency with a sincere dedication to patients Emphasis on employees as individuals Visibility of executive leadership and their engagement Working with people who love what they do Incredible benefits
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I have yet to experience a con in working for Vertex. Everything has been incredible and I'm so glad I decided to make this career change.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback!
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
My time at Vertex has been great and I have learned so much! I would recommend Vertex to any student who is looking for a coop opportunity.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thanks for the review!
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
An excellent company and an excellent position.
Feb 27, 2023 - Senior Manufacturing TechnicianRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I am absolutely thrilled to be part of the Vertex team—the company culture here is incredible as it encourages employees to express their ideas and push for continual improvement. My role here has been particularly stimulating; I have been presented with countless opportunities to learn and develop, which was exactly what I was looking for when I began.
Cons
One thing to look out for is that the process is in its early stages, at least the one I am working with, and seems to be ever-changing at this point. It is important to be flexible and ready to adapt to what is needed of you, but don't worry, you won't work more than you are scheduled to if you don't want to.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thanks for your review. We're thrilled you're here, too!
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Do not apply to be a patient support specialist unless you want to be treated with disrespect
Mar 9, 2023 - Patient Support Specialist in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Culture and the people are easy to talk to and great, the best part of the job is the people and your peers.
Cons
So many. A lot has changed with this position and now we tell the patients about their high copay that was base in a decision that the higher ups made and although we guide patients into affordable plans so the company continues making money the CEO doesn’t even know who we are or what we do, she is incredible disrespectful towards this department, the pay is not even comparable with the amount of work we do, is impossible to get promoted and people wait around 3 years to get promoted. There is so much toxic positivity and micro management, you have to meet with your manager bi weekly but you also have to accomplish unrealistic metrics. Even though I said the people are the best part the moral is so low that everyone is upset about the job.I am glad I no longer work there and now I have a better work life balance
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Your feedback and experience have been shared with Human Resources. We’re consistently nurturing our culture of respect and belonging where people can learn, grow, and develop. This includes creating an environment where we promote work-life integration, clear expectations, and manageable workloads for employees to be able to do their best work.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Fantastic place to work and grow your career
Feb 28, 2023 - Sec Reporting and Technical Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The Company is expanding fast and leadership has a clear vision on the Company's growth and very flexible in how each individual helps accomplish it goals (ie: if you find a better way to do acheive something, they're all ears)
Cons
Your role is much more specialized than at a pre-IPO stage company. I did give up a significant amount of duties from a previous role to my current role, so it seemed like a "step-down" however, i'm better position to excel at the duties I do have. The cons are definitely something that are particular to my experience as others may have gone the other way depending on where they came from.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thank you for the review and sharing your experience.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Excellent benefits, focus on work/life balance, competitive salaries, passionate about helping patients, top executives (CEO level, etc) seem to care about employees, lots of extras (swag, parties, activities, free lunch days) provided
Cons
Women are not treated as equals and subject to demeaning and condescending comments. Promotions are hard to come by. Goals are not clearly defined. HR is not useful, outside of extreme cases. Very meeting heavy - not uncommon to have meetings back to back for a good part of the day and going through lunch. As with many tech companies, ageism is alive and well. People are overworked and, those not in management roles, are not treated with appreciation. Vertex is a company with women in very high positions. It would be surprising if those women actually knew how others are being treated.
Continue readingVertex Pharmaceuticals Response
We strongly encourage you to share your experience directly to your manager, a member of your leadership team or a member of the HR team about your specific situation. Respect, integrity and ethics are all core to Vertex’s values and our Code of Conduct – we do not tolerate bullying or harassment of any kind. Vertex has and always will place a high value on inclusion, belonging, respect and advancement for all employees across the company – this is not just something we say, it defines our culture and is embedded into everything we do.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Great compensation, benefits, stock, bonus. Beautiful location. Strong sense of culture. Innovative and transformative science.
Cons
Work/life balance is nearly non-existent. Very top down culture. Processes are unclear. Everyone is held to a high standard of perfection, efficiency, speed which often feels untenable. There are a lot of bottlenecks, and accelerated timelines.
Continue readingVertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thank you for the review and candor. We strongly encourage you to share your experience directly to your manager, a member of your leadership team or a member of the HR team so we can learn more about, and look to improve, your experience.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
A great place to be!
Feb 22, 2023 - Executive Director in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The mission, vision, leadership and extraordinary people who work here make it a great place to be. The commitment to diversity of thought, inclusion, serial innovation and bringing new therapies to people with serious disease creates a very unique and special workplace culture.
Cons
Not having all the "resources" bigger biotech companies may have - but our size is also a strength.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thanks for your review!
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
An Amazing Journey
Jan 24, 2023 - Assistant Project Manager in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I've been at Vertex for almost 11 years, I've seen the company grow into new disease areas, helping more and more patients. I think the biggest asset Vertex has are the people. We have some of the best and they all have passion for the mission of bringing life changing treatments to patients.
Cons
Never having enough time to do everything. We are very busy and I wish there were more hours in a day to get everything done!
Continue readingVertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thank you for the review and your years of service at Vertex!
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great people doing great work
Jan 20, 2023 - Executive Administrative Assistant in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-Amazing people who are driven, dedicated and committed to curing diseases. -World-leading science. -Thoughtful leadership. -Committed to culture. -Invested in ongoing changes driven by employee feedback
Cons
Experiences process, platform and other workplace culture challenges as the company continues to grow and change based on the advancing science.
Continue readingVertex Pharmaceuticals Response
Thank you for the review, and we couldn't agree more about the importance of nurturing our strong, inclusive culture as we grow as a company!
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reviews FAQs
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 999 reviews left anonymously by employees. 83% of employees would recommend working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals to a friend and 85% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
83% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Vertex Pharmaceuticals 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals to be career development, culture, benefits and the cons to be work life balance, senior leadership, management.
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