Pros
Good benefits, time off, health and dental. Great 401k match. Flexible hours. Overall, very nice and smart colleagues and scientists. Good science and challenging projects from an IS perspective.
Cons
The opinions here pertain to the IT/IS organization and leadership at Amgen. The IT/IS environment was great up to a certain point. That is, until the aggressive outsourcing (abroad, mainly India) of IT and IS duties started, with questionable quality of systems/applications support. Lack of real dialog between some managers and their direct reports, questionable managerial attitude and practices in the IT/IS department lead by the Executive Director Arun Nayar. Unreasonable assignments outside job description and misaligned with skill set and with workload. The business practices listed here have led to significant attrition, loss of some great managers who really cared about their direct reports. And also led to work overload, stress and hostile work environment at times. Mediocre base salary and bonuses.