Amgen Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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 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."

"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."

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."

"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."

"Great company and great people."

"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."

"There is more than one way to skin a cat."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"I have really enjoyed providing a diligent effort toward finding ways to make mortally ill patients with the best possible product lines."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"The landscape is changing rapidly, but although exciting, these changes appear to lack core values Amgen built its industry on."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Never forsake the team."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Hard work is rewarded. Have a good work/life balance."

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

"Be yourself and honest."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should be more involved with their staff."

"A good place to work if you are comfortable with the politics as this will determine your success more so than your knowledge, quality of your work, professionalism, or dedication."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"A lot of intelligent, well educated, decent people there."

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

"Amgen is a good company as far as big companies are concerned. They are also very generous to their people. Collectively however, as a company is has little tolerance for strong characters so steer clear from being to direct, using any words that could be interpreted as aggressive, and be very aware of any mannerisms that could be interpreted as defensive."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"It's one very big bureaucracy, it's very difficult to get anything done. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lead."

"Good company."

"Great place to make a career."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Great work/life balance, beautiful campus, employees are treated well."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Pay was not great, advancement took some time. For someone just starting out from college, not the best, since it's not easy to advance. But for someone already established, this is a great place to work long term."

"They are the devil personified."

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

"Stay away."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"They are liars."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go to church."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Great atmosphere and intelligent staff and pleasant relaxing work environment."

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

"Start as high as possible. Taking a lower job to get in will necessarily keep you there too long."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Difficulty advancing."

"Not what it once was, but still ok."