Merck Employee Reviews about "upper management"

Pros

Great coworkers and work location.

Cons

Upper management seemed disconnected from local plant issues.

Pros

Good pay and benefits for a rural area.

Cons

Can't believe a word from upper management.

Pros

Benefits, gain experience, better than some other manufacturing companies,

Cons

Drama, everybody is related! If you're not from the right college, the right click, being supervised by a coach who upper management listens to or dating/sleeping with someone in a position to get you promoted don't count on moving up anytime soon. you can move, but it maybe about the time you have grandkids. Upper management knows it all and knows nothing.

Pros

The focus on science, the passion of the scientist. The desire to really try to stem human suffering with advancements in science. Merck has a long history of pharma development and the current CEO is focused on early drug development. I cannot stress how dedicated the scientist here are.

Cons

Upper management should be ashamed of themselves. The lack of communication is appauling. The constant "we don't know yet" or "we are still working that out" sows not only confusion but uncertainty. The lack of promotions...I could go on about this for pages but I'll leave is with "don't expect one" the refrain that I have heard for years is always the same, there is always some reason why they can't or more likely won't. Even when the company does better that expected things are still "right right now." I may sound disgruntled but I actually love working at Merck...it's just frustrating...very frustrating having to deal with upper management.

Pros

Good benefits and pension plan.

Cons

Disconnect between upper management and field. Misuse of assets, bad business decisions

Pros

Flexible work arrangement, excellent benefits, fair market compensation

Cons

Seldom to none promotions in our organization. New jobs with same responsibilities as current role get higher title. Upper management keeps moving up increasing the levels between manager and the worker bees.

Pros

Great company, good opportunities, pretty new

Cons

Salary, organizational structure, upper management

Pros

For the most part there are good people that work at Merck. I like the Kenilworth campus and found it to be a great place to work

Cons

There is a lot of turnover in this industry. Timelines created from upper management can be difficult to meet and are not always realistic.