Miserable place to work - Scientist II Pfizer Employee Review

1.0
May 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not many positives to mention about working at Pfizer aside from the colleagues I worked closely with in my group.

Cons

Where to start... Pay is not competitive with the industry and benefits are only marginally okay. No bonus and cost of living increases are terrible when compared to other companies, both large pharma and biotechs. Executive are overcompensated and work life balance does not exist for the worker in the trenches. Pipeline is weak requiring the company to buy other assets to shore up the pipeline and investment in internal R&D is poor. Benefits used to be pretty good, but the company has taken away so much from the employees, it is not terrible. Overall vibe at the R&D level is misery.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

A good amount of remote monitoring, which depending on how you view can be a positive.

Cons

Changing systems and inconsistent standards are applied to people. There are many differing models that often muddy how you are supposed to do your job, especially when other staff members don't quite understand. How do you interface with the changing models? There tends to be a lot of blame and foisting of responsibilities. Sometimes you can become overburdened with a lot of work, where people do not respect your time and think that their tasks should take priority. It is possible to be contacted late at night with work to do and then be criticized the next day for not being able to keep up.

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