4.0
Aug 16, 2009
Current employee
Philadelphia, PA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The company does provide opportunities to grow, and many managers support rotations throughout different parts of the organization. Merck pays well.
Cons
1) I can't say roles and responsibilities are always clear -- too many people trying to create busy work; Merck is definitely over resourced in some areas. 2) Management, especially middle management, is not well experience, seasoned, nor mature. They create a lot of overhead to justify their roles in the system. 3) Direction from management is never clear. Initiaitives from management will make their way down through the system, and they middle management spin to understand how to deliver a product of value. Perhaps point 2 contributes to the problem again.