No longer committed to science - Senior Research Scientist Merck Employee Review

2.0
2 Apr 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits since it's a large company and pay is descent. That's about it.

Cons

I worked here before I got my Ph.D. and really loved the company. They were dedicated to science and doing things right. Then I went to get my Ph.D. in chemistry and came back to work for them. It was all changed. Now it was all about outsourcing and bringing value to the stock holders and typical b.s. they feed you at big companies. Management was reorganizing every 6 months. It was a disaster and no one really cared about science anymore. It's sad cause Merck was a great company that really tried to solve health problems. No longer the case.

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Cons

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