Moderna Reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(838 total reviews)
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Stéphane Bancel

46% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Moderna has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 838 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Moderna employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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838 reviews
3.0
20 July 2022

Very hierarchical

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent science. The pipeline is exciting and Moderna is doing some really great things towards improving global health

Cons

Way too many processes for a small company. No work life balance. It is normal for people to work 12+ hours a day. Very hierarchical with a fear to let go from global headquarters.

1.0
4 Sept 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

After reading the last two reviews, I decided to write. I am highly skeptical of the last two current reviews, where current two employee praised the management and the company. The two review praise is contradictory to what others have written. I joined Moderna at it infancy when it was a 4 employees company and operating from a two room office-cum-laboratories. I was the first Director of Chemistry. I helped Moderna setup their chemistry department, negotiate to acquire lab assets from my previous employer. Hire staff and filed first two Chemistry Patents applications. Honestly speaking, I had never experienced such an abusive, manipulative and arrogant CEO and the-then-CSO at any company in my entire life. The behavior from management was to blame every thing on others. Change projects on a fly, then fire some associates for failure if results to their like were not produced over night. Random firing of associates was a common practice. I am speaking facts here. I am not sure Glassdoor will publish it.

Cons

I had none for this company.

3.0
13 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people working at Moderna, regardless of department, are hands down the smartest people I've ever met. Seriously, that place is overflowing with brainpower. And it is ALWAYS cool to know that, in some way, you're positively impacting the lives of others. Whether you're in Finance, HR, or IT, in your own way, you're making it possible to provide valuable theraputics to people across the globe.

Cons

Forget about "work/life balance". It doesn't exist, and it doesn't matter what department you're in. The tricky bit is that everyone in all of these departments is really passionate about the mission, and that's contagious. Before you know it, you're constantly checking your phone for emails at all hours of the day and working on the weekends to keep up with everyone else. If you're naturally inclined to be a workaholic, DO NOT APPLY. The culture is built on workaholics, so there aren't any breaks or mechanisms to help you if you start to spend more time working than you do with your family.

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