Don’t do it! - Anonymous employee EMD Serono Employee Review

1.0
28 Feb 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I believe the family that owns a majority of the company really does care about patients’ lives. Both Billerica and Rockland sites are located outside of Boston/Cambridge area so not as congested. Billerica does have a bus stop for commuters.

Cons

Company is riddled with compliance issues in more than one discipline. Problem is, they either don’t have the experience, want to hide the issues or just plain refuse to fix them. German management was afraid that if he fixed the CFR issues identified “it would look bad on him”, so chose not to fix them. Management is adverse to communication impacting other departments regarding issues (“someone else’s problem”). Feel that there is a complete lack of respect for U.S. law and perspective from experienced employees. Upper management instructs employees how to fill out yearly employee engagement survey and says that if you aren’t happy you can leave (and they’d help) instead of listening and striving to make improvements to retain talent. Company has been having major turn over AGAIN in multiple disciplines. If you think you can be the one to change them, think twice. It is a deeply embedded culture.

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5.0
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Pros

Opportunity to for exposure in any area you want to learn within the org.

Cons

Many competing priorities Lean teams to execute

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EMD Serono Response
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Thank you for your honest and thoughtful review of EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. We hear you on the challenges around competing priorities and lean team structures — we know these can make execution demanding and stressful, and this is feedback we take seriously. We would encourage you to bring these specific observations to our annual Employee Engagement Survey, where input from leaders like yourself directly informs how we evolve our ways of working. At the same time, we are genuinely pleased that the breadth of learning opportunities stands out as a strength. Creating an environment where curiosity is encouraged and exposure across the organization is accessible is something we are proud of and committed to sustaining. Thank you for your continued dedication — keep up the great work!
4.0
1 July 2026
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Pros

great people to work with globally

Cons

moves a bit slow at times

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