Working at Bristol-Myers Squibb in East Syracuse, NY: 4 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in East Syracuse, NY Area

"BMS is a good company overall, with a competitive salary and benefits and a reasonable pipeline. It is possible to get leadership/autonomous roles under the right circumstances, although this is inconsistent. The work was always interesting."

"Undesirable."

What do you like about working at Bristol-Myers Squibb?

"Allowed me to gain experience that I was able to utilize elsewhere."

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

"I would look elsewhere if you have the chance. If you are set on Bristol then you ought to be able to impress them by talking vaguely about core values such as leadership and communicating directly. Talking about such values might get you a position, but don't expect management to uphold these standards if you do get a position."

What don't you like about working at Bristol-Myers Squibb?

"Very upward mobility. Constantly restructuring. Didn't treat employees that well. Human resources was not helpful resource for employees. Management didn't seem to know what was going on there departments. Management didn't seem to care about their workers. Management would say one thing and do another. Very poor employee review program. Very poor layoff policy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to learn how to manage effectively, comunicate directly, and say what the really mean instead of what they think the employee would like to hear."

"Very high stress and poor management."

What do you like about working at Bristol-Myers Squibb?

"The team I worked with."

What don't you like about working at Bristol-Myers Squibb?

"Very high stress work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To keep managers longer than nine months. I have had 19 managers in 15 years of work in purification."

"Good company to work for."

What do you like about working at Bristol-Myers Squibb?

"I had a lot of input on running the process."

What don't you like about working at Bristol-Myers Squibb?

"Company is always getting new managers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Managers should stay with the company."