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      Merck GPAM and TOXIC Culture - Project Manager Merck Employee Review

      2.0
      Oct 19, 2022
      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      This review is specific to GPAM. - Mostly everyone is mediocre, so if you are good you will look great here. - If you get hired as a Dir, you can pretty much just coast after the first 3 yrs - Great place to learn how to be a PM when all the organizational tools are subpar. , , kind of like the PM version of Survivor.

      Cons

      - Toxic leadership. - Promotions are primarily based on popularity. - Not a self-reflective/learning organization. - Has a culture where only a small group can have "good ideas". Ideas from outside this group are mostly disregarded.

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      5.0
      Jun 30, 2026
      Business analyst
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      Excellent company to work with.

      Cons

      No cons encountered so far

      4.0
      Jun 30, 2026
      Senior scientist i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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