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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reviews
Updated Nov 30, 2023
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- "Sr. Management tends to micro manage and constantly accelerate timelines beyond reason." (in 33 reviews)
- "Fits in with culture of senior leadership disappearing in the middle of the night without a trace" (in 17 reviews)
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- 3.0Nov 30, 2023Principle EngineerFormer Employee, more than 8 yearsSan Diego, CA
Pros
Great benefits! And we’ll great benefits
Cons
They dump you to hit a budget number
- 2.0Nov 29, 2023Research ScientistFormer Employee, more than 1 yearBoston, MA
Pros
Good benefits. Good work-life balance, as long as you’re not working directly on a high-priority program. Everybody is extremely smart, and some of them are legitimately brilliant. People are mostly very nice and easy to work/get along with; my issues there were mostly structural.
Cons
Quite toxic management culture, especially around career development. There is a cohort of golden children being fast-tracked up the org at the expense of everyone else. Admittedly all very bright, but an outstanding IC does not necessarily make a good leader. If you have a PhD from a non-elite university, or outside one of a few narrow fields, you will have a hard time being taken seriously at the start; if you have a lowly MS, people will look at you in astonishment and ask whose badge you stole to get in the building. Lots of empty talk about DEI while only considering candidates from the top R1 programs. Lots of silos. Lots of orgs who absolutely need to be talking to each other, who are instead talking past each other, if they’re even talking. Lots of institutional inertia and resistance to change. Management is very clear that compensation is at or below that of their peers, and use “great benefits” as justification.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response6dHello, we are dismayed to hear that this was your experience. We take all comments seriously and your concerns have been shared with Human Resources for their awareness. We aim to create a positive culture and we place a high value on inclusion, belonging and respect for every employee companywide.
- 5.0Nov 21, 2023Principal Research AssociateCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearBoston, MA
Pros
Great science, culture and people
Cons
Sometimes it comes with long hours of work
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response7dThank you for your review.
- 4.0Nov 20, 2023Scientific Communications ManagerFormer EmployeeBoston, MA
Pros
excellent investment in research and development
Cons
i don't have any cons
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response7dHello, thank you for your review.
- 4.0Nov 20, 2023QA CoordinatorCurrent EmployeeBoston, MA
Pros
Good benefits, good culture, helpful coworkers
Cons
new and growing company, some growing pains
- 5.0Nov 14, 2023IT Principal AnalystCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearBoston, MA
Pros
Had a great start so far with useful orientation and great responses to my outstanding questions. My team and members of the teams I closely work with are supportive and engaging. There is ample follow-up to check in and see how I'm doing so far. Also, the benefits are excellent from day 1.
Cons
It's a big company and still growing - as we figure out how to scale and put processes in place, some seemingly straightforward things (IT support, access) can seem to take a while. You just have to acknowledge that this is the context for the phase of growth the company is in.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response3wThank you for taking the time to provide feedback.
- 3.0Nov 13, 2023Director Clinical OperationsFormer Employee, more than 1 yearJersey City, NJ
Pros
Big company competitive salary and incentives
Cons
Company tends to gravitate to the same people the same people get advanced and recognized
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response2wHello, we thank you for your feedback and regret that this was your experience. We have shared your feedback with our HR team.
- 5.0Nov 5, 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
Vertex is generous of PTO including 22 days regular, summer shutdown of additional 5 days, and winter shutdown
Cons
I heard the base salary might not be as high as the other similar sized companies, given Vertex appeared granting more equity
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response2wThank you for your feedback. We will share your review with HR.
- 4.0Nov 2, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsSan Diego, CA
Pros
Lots of perks Generous PTO Stocks
Cons
They value their scientists more than any other employee/position on-site.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response2wHello, we are dismayed to hear that this was your experience. We aim to create a positive culture across all of our sites and we place a high value on inclusion, belonging and respect for every employee companywide.
- 3.0Nov 2, 2023Senior Software EngineerFormer Employee, more than 1 yearBoston, MA
Pros
Very progressive company with a strong pipeline.
Cons
Very political, progress is based on your manager and their clout.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Response2wHello, thank you for your candor. We have shared your experience with HR.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 1,144 reviews left anonymously by employees. 88% of employees would recommend working at Vertex Pharmaceuticals to a friend and 88% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
88% of Vertex Pharmaceuticals employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Vertex Pharmaceuticals 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.1 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.
