Disappointing career and toxic culture. - Senior Manager Amgen Employee Review

2.0
27 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are ok, bonuses are usually high, and it’s a good place to grow some calluses.

Cons

The culture here was toxic, and even after 10 years I was constantly defending myself despite high ratings and pushing the ball forward. You’re forced to perform to a moving target and there’s so much closed-door evaluating going on that you can’t improve or progress through the the ranks without a significant amount of game-playing. Most of medical affairs has moved on to better companies and left the black hole of career suicide that Amgen has become, me included.

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Amgen Response
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Thank you for the review. We appreciate your honesty and we are so sorry to hear this has been your experience. We take these matters very seriously, and with your guidance, we'd like to take this as an opportunity to grow and improve. Please get in touch with our team at talentacquisitionsinquiries@amgen.com to help us prevent incidents like this in the future. Thank you.

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