Strong Company with endless opportunities - Contract Manager Merck Employee Review

3.0
Aug 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Business teams are very knowledgeable and team oriented. Majority of the folks on the business side are team players looking out for each other Opportunities to change jobs or even careers with in company. Many perks with in the company (e.g. Discounts on products, On-Site Credit Union, Good Health benefits, etc..). More than I can name.

Cons

Information Technology team is managed very poorly. Annual merit increases and bonuses are lacking Too many re-orgs which can impact employee's career Over all management lacks the ability to retain talent

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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.

Cons

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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