Scientific excellence and depth, plus bureaucracy - werkgeversreview Associate Director, IT bij Merck

4,0
3 jul 2014
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Pluspunten

The science and the scientists at Merck are top notch, and in Merck Research Labs the shared mission is palpable and energizing. Compensation and benefits are quite good, and in my department work life balance was excellent with very flexible work hours.

Minpunten

Like all pharma, Merck is searching for the magic organizational formula for successful drug discovery and development. That path is painful and at times demotivating. On a smaller scale the same thing is happening in IT: a quest to find the right level of agility.

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5,0
30 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

Excellent company to work with.

Minpunten

No cons encountered so far

4,0
30 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

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.

Minpunten

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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