Marketing Director - Anonymous employee Merck Employee Review

1.0
Aug 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Large organization with considerable inertia

Cons

Political organization with non-business criteria set for promotion. 25 year employee who had great career. Problem is the political appointments have caught up with them The company is permeated with politicians in key positions. Trying to accomplish anything of value is impossible because you are surrounded by incompetents.

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