Beautiful campus - Director Amgen Employee Review

2.0
Aug 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The Thousand Oaks campus is beautiful.

Cons

Work-life balance is very difficult to achieve. They have succession plans, but I never saw someone agreed on as a successor get the job when the incumbent left. Management typically goes outside for senior people rather than develop from within. The company is currently being dismantled. Look for work in other cities that have more options.

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Pros

Work from home flexibility and the summer and winter shutdown periods are a nice benefit. Good health insurance.

Cons

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