5.0
8 June 2010
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Amgen has a culture of cultivating people, although it's becoming more market-focused and losing some of that good feeling it used to have. Overall Amgen treats its employees very well.
Cons
Amgen is large enough that there are stupid HR rules around promotions, the ability to get an "Excellent" review, and this really hurts. The best employees can't always be recognized, promoted, and so forth because of a silly rule like "employees must be in their job at least 18 months before being promoted."