Review of Research Position at Rahway, NJ Site - werkgeversreview Staff Chemist bij Merck

3,0
18 apr 2010
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Extremely innovative company that was one of the most respected in the industry. Until recently, most of the science was performed in-house, with top-notch scientists. Several first-in-class compounds put Merck ahead of its competitors in the late 90s/early 2000s.

Minpunten

Was a great place to work prior to merger with Schering-Plough. Now scientists spend more time worrying about their jobs than accomplishing tasks in the laboratory. Management is only interested in meeting numbers. A freeze has been placed on all promotions and new-hires for the last 18 months, resulting in higher workloads and low moral.

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5,0
30 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

Excellent company to work with.

Minpunten

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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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