Merck Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Good environment."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"Contract work, no sick days, no benefits, and hired Merck staff was abusive to contractors."

"Above average."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Everything. It was truly an enjoyable and healthy environment to work."

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

"Be yourself."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the great work."

"Upper and middle management was an embarrassment."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"I loved the products I carried and I liked my sales partners."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"My manager and his immediate supervisor was incompetent."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Quality prescriptions with the data to back the products (studies) and the pipeline."

"Excellent opportunity."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Excellent professional development."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"Too many adjustments with the current market competition."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create a balance."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Peers were great."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"Boss was cranky."

"Great."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Everything."

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

"Be professional."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Service excellence goes a long way."

"Close the door so I can sleep."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Professional."

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

"Be prepared to make up for the work of visa workers and bad director level leadership."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"Use of visa workers over American labor and then blame American labor for failures."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire American."

"Good work."

"My opinion is supported by Merck's Vioxx."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"In the beginning of my employment in the late 1970's I had the privilege to work with brilliant scientists, the best known in the pharmaceutical business."

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

"If you get hired and in your position you demonstrate competence and professional and personal integrity, Merck's corporate culture is going to destroy your career."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"Beginning the 1980's unethical and incompetent elements have taken control of the Company's R&D. In order to justify their high positions and compensations, certain individuals regularly used plagiarism. The Company not only allowed but also supported unethical behavior and incompetence."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, Merck's management is too corrupt to consider any suggestion other than continuing their way of operation essential to their survival. I have a suggestion for the Company, however: get rid of the current management and start building a new leadership by hiring people with demonstrated competence and ethical conduct beyond reproach."

"Effectively promoted Merck products through a needs based selling approach. Responsibilities include: Managing territory sales performance and market trends; suggesting and implementing appropriate actions to enhance performance."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Every day was different."

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

"Be prepared to answer any question."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"The reports and administrative work took away from my time in the field."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the sales reps on marketing programs that work and do not work."

"It is hard to imagine a better place to get a footing on the career path."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"For the most part, the crew I worked with kept very high spirits. The atmosphere was very professional. This was an extremely educational position and environment. Seeking challenges and higher knowledge was part of the culture."

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

"Keep yourself visible and your name on the tips of decision makers' tongues. Getting lost in the shuffle is very easy."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"Large company politics and extensive procedures for obtaining authorization made it very difficult to get things done quickly, although I do understand the reasoning. Unionized labor force created instances where appearances meant all and substance meant next to nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Unfortunately, during the end of my time a turn over in the intern relations department created the lowest percentage of interns receiving full time positions in their history."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"The people I worked with over my almost 9 years were great!"

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

"Be yourself!"

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"The many processes involved in getting something done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline the process."

"Merck is one of top Pharma companies in the US."

What do you like about working at Merck?

"Chance to do some interesting data analysis and reporting projects."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"5-month contract position. Some of the employees were a little nagging and annoying."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create more full-time permanent positions."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"No respect of your experience."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Changing the top leader."