Good place to get a start, but wouldn't stay... - werkgeversreview Assistant Scientist bij Merck

2,0
20 aug 2008
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Challenging work, intelligent and motivated colleagues, reasonably good facilities with adequate scientific instrumentation

Minpunten

Scientists at the BS/MS level have little opportunity for career advancement in the scientific track, and can hit the "glass ceiling" within 12 years. General consensus is that promotions come too slowly and that salary isn't quite what it should be for a top-10 pharma company. Such colleagues generally feel under-appreciated.

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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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