Great place for prima donnas who can't get a job elsewhere - Anonymous employee VIVUS Employee Review

2.0
Oct 31, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting work; small start-up environment for some projects anyway. Flat organization, not a lot of hierarchy. They don't overdo meetings. Friendly co-workers.

Cons

Inept management, inept board, inept CEO and President (several of them this year alone!), inept sales and marketing staff. Took them 20 years (literally) to get a product approved. No HR department -- it's run by a consultant who has some sort of personal relationship with some high level person there. As soon as Yahoo! banned telecommuting, Vivus did, too, which was so ridiculous.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Mar 12, 2025
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Pros

Small Pharma with a family feel work culture environment. Everyone knows everyone and most employees have a wide range of extensive pharmaceutical industry experience so there’s a wealth of knowledge and growth potential is there.

Cons

Being that it’s a smaller pharmaceutical company you may have to roll up your sleeves and were many hats. Also change is inevitable so just be aware and able to adequately adjust.

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