Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Great pipeline, great science, great sense of comraderie within most departments. Everyone has an incredible work ethic...most employees are team players. High corporate ethics throughout the company. Overall an excellent place to work...great sense of pride.

Cons – Poor work-life balance in many departments (however, your contributions are definitely recognized and appreciated)...long hours are the norm here. Benefits are good, but compensation is lacking compared to big pharma.

Advice to Senior Management – Be prepared to better compensate your employees if you get another drug or two FDA approved -- senior management and scientists (PhDs) are compensated fairly now, but be prepared to better compensate the talent that does the brunt of the work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Strong pipeline. Excellent technology. Smart people. Well funded.

Cons – Immature and heavy handed management. Unrealistic and unfair expectations in some departments. No positive employee support. Deficient and strongly negative communications. Exceptionally difficult to conduct business well. Low strategic horrizon with resect to people management.

Advice to Senior Management – Grow up. Take responsibility. Support your people. Help them grow instread of squeezing whatever you can get out of them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Good science, good work life balance, and good people with promising product lines. However, the ultimate test is yet to be seen.

Cons – Mediocre salary, benefits, advancement for non-PhD's. There is defined barrier between PhD's and advance non-PhD's (university-like environment). Little to non business communication from upper management to the little guys (non-PhD's).

Advice to Senior Management – Offer more competitive salary, benefits, advancement opportunities for non-PhD's.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – good place to work
People

Cons – senior management needs more direction

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – People are generally good. Within my limited knowledge, I don't know of any back-stabbing per se.
Pay is decent but could be better given the high living cost for the location. Benefits are good, but less than it initially looks as paid time off is combined with sick days. I rarely use sick days, but it would be nicer to know there is a bigger pool of them should I need them in an emergency.

I think the work environment may be better/more exciting in the research division, though they are also more vulnerable in the event of layoffs.

If you prefer a lack of structure/direction, this could be the place for you.

The company is rock solid stable - at least until 2012, when the big deal with Sanofi could end.

Cons – Communication is lacking. This is perhaps because the company has not adapted to its recent growth spurt and thinks it's still really small, that information will reach people by diffusion. It does, but this is very inefficient. Clear communication of goals would be nice.

Despite the talk and credos, innovation, at least in my area, is discouraged and things are done "as they have been done historically". I am still trying to figure out what these ways are, as they are not communicated.

Don't be surprised if you go between weeks of being insanely overworked to weeks of insane boredom. Workload is essentially unplanned and not managed.

The company probably will have layoffs when the current big deal with Sanofi ends. And at that point, there will be no shortage of vulnerable people because the solution to problems seems to be hire more people rather than organize, work smarter, or upgrade technology.

Advice to Senior Management – You've grown, and your organization should grow also, especially communication at the middle and lower functional levels that may be invisible to you. There are those that would love to give a lot more but are hindered by a lack of communication channels. Cater to would-be star performers, or you'll be just left with those that are there for the sake of economic stability.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Fast paced work environment, excellent quality science, the level of team work that goes on is unparalleled, small enough to not get lost in the mix.

Cons – The salaries aren't bad, but obviously don't compete with big pharma, but that is a small trade off for the work environment you have at Regeneron versus some of the bigger companies.

Advice to Senior Management – No major concerns just yet. The efficiency of the company is great considering the large growth spurt that the company just went through.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Nice people, thoughtful management, good work environment

Cons – Pay is horrible, benefits are mediocre, location is VERY expensive, compensation is sparse.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay us more.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Smart people, friendly atmosphere, good work-life balance

Cons – The salary is below average

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great place to start a career in that you get a LOT of experience.

Cons – Timelines and projects can be stacked on top of one another causing a significant amount of stress and long days.

Advice to Senior Management – I find that senior management is not connected to my work. I would like to have a greater amount of exposure to them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Pros – Friendly environment, great company !!!!!

Cons – None none none none none