Amgen Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Would love to go back."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Great environment. Good people."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"I was a contractor so I wasn't included in the company events. Due to a hiring freeze, the promise of direct employment was not fulfilled."

"Great company and great people."

"Very good."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"I liked everything in my past employment."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"The opportunity to apply your skills to the maximum."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The personnel should listen to the direct charge of the operation because we are a professional team."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"I like the challenge of learning new things."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest with your answers and keep them short."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"The communication was not so good."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate with all the employees on your team."

"Good learning experience learning about scientific software and hardware."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"People."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To be yourself and answer in full sentences."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Senior Management processes and thoughts."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire people based on skill level, not just on personality of the person. I think it should be a combination of both, and then see if they fit with the other personalities of the team. Also, to hire people who are hungry to learn and accept new technologies and challenges."

"Amgen scaling down... again!"

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Big company atmosphere, excellent facilities and landscaping."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Training process extremely slow, then the job is eliminated."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Big brand, competitive job, experienced seniors."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Isolated from population."

"Amgen Manufacturing is a great multinational company which believes in developing its personnel in order to develop the company. I had the opportunity to manage millionaire capital construction projects and assets as a Project Engineer."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Engaging in team work for a common goal of delivering products to cancer patients."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Reseach the company and truly understand career objectives."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Stress and strict deadlines all the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate goals to staff to understand the management priorities."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Provided educational opportunities."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Not much advancement opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide more advancement opportunities."

"This was contract position."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Present your best."

"I hated Amgen Rhode Island. Quitting was hard because they pay well, but it was the best decision of my life."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"It was a start-up, so a very good learning opportunity."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stay away from the Rhode Island site... management is dysfunctional, and people step on each other to get ahead. It doesn't seem to be this way at the other Amgen sites... only Rhode Island."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Promotions were not based on technical skill, rather, the ability to 'suck up' to upper management... and not many of the upper managers were that competent compared to the lower level engineers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop promoting your friends."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Highly competitive and successful company. Had the rare opportunity to grow with the company as it reached out and became the largest and most successful Bio-Tech company in the world."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"The opportunity to join a great company like Amgen."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest, true to your self and experience, be a star at what you are doing best."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"I was temp."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue recruiting talented scientists to join Amgen."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Stability."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you expect training to give you directions for your job you are in the wrong path. Amgen Corp environment cares first for products, then for people."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Corporation environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen more to employee suggestions for improvement."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Progressive environment; open to flexible strategies to accomplish workload; fairly honest and candid working relationships."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have integrity, work ethic and creativity."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Sometimes rumors get the better of reality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow more consulting to management and supervisory management positions."