Amgen Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"They compensate you well but the growth potential is very limited."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Very good compensation and benefits."

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

"Emphasize your commitment to science and a willingness to compete aggressively within your therapeutic area to advance."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"Very little opportunity for growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Expand professional growth opportunities to non-PhD scientists."

"Great company to work for and amazing environment for continuous learning in a good department."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Benefit package the best."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"CEO."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"New CEO."

"I enjoy the work at Amgen."

"Best internship ever!"

"Amgen adapting to changing environment."

"Some stars, some corporate deadbeats!"

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"The coworkers at the Bothell site were some of the best people to be found anywhere at any company!"

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

"Find out all you can about who you will report to before accepting a job with this company."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"The middle managers to whom I reported were spectacularly incompetent, and were tasked to make determination of my own value/merit. As a result, I was naked in a northwestern thunderstorm!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They already fired the people to whom I reported, however I have since lost contact."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"I don't think there was anything that I did not like about working at Amgen."

"Amgen is great place to work, I was there for one year as a consultant, I learned great deal about Biotech industry."

What do you like about working at Amgen?

"Great environment surrounded with educated people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up good work."

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."

"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."

"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."

"Current situation is above average in satisfaction."

"Contract/Temporary assignment as Administrative Coordinator to Project and Contract Services department. Worked under the direction of Manager, Tom Mendel. He and his team were excellent to work with. I enjoyed working at Amgen and look forward to future opportunities there."

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

"It's a really terrific place to work. I hope I get the opportunity again in the near future."

What don't you like about working at Amgen?

"I have very strong administrative and interpersonal skills and was very proficient in an Administrative Coordinator role at Amgen. I did interview for a few full-time permanent positions while there, but I believe they always hired from within the company; I wish that good, skilled candidates who are temporary staff had a little better chance to get in with this great company."

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."