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      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (10,647 total reviews)
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      Luke Miels

      85% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      GSK has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 10,647 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GSK employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutique et biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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      11K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 25, 2009

      GSK will weather the current storm well

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Innovation, career opportinities within the company, sense of purpose, pride in products, working with very smart and passionate people, compensation and benefit package is hard to beat.

      Cons

      Current economic climate and change in leadership resulting in many reoganizations, job insecurity. The comapany is so large that there are many bureaucratic processes and effective communication is difficult. Culture does not reward honesty and open communication. Maintaining 2 US headquarters and dual leadership in many areas did not allow the creation of a single corporate culture in the US.

      4.0
      Jan 22, 2009

      GSK - great job with little security

      Senior pharmaceuticals sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I still feel that GSK offers the best products in their respected classes, and that makes it easy to sell a product and be proud and able to sleep at night. I never feel like I am persuading a doctor to do something that is not the best possible treatment. Aside from products, the health benefits are great, and you start with 3 weeks vacation plus year end shut down.

      Cons

      I never feel like my job is safe. Layoffs two years in a row, and there was very little correlation to success and to those who were let go.

      4.0
      Jan 14, 2009

      GlaxoSmithKline "Good company but beware"

      Senior executive pharmaceuticals sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      GSK has excellent training for new employees, training is intense and you must be prepared to leave home for minimum 3 weeks. GSK has good products, benefits, budgets, marketing materials, company cars, cell phone, credit card, computer, printer, expense account for supplies for your office and other materials.

      Cons

      Manage Care is having a big impact in Michigan and some other states. Physician's may like your products/drugs but if the insurance company will not pay for it, he can't use it with his patients and you will lose market share. Many of GSK best products have generic competition or in the case of Avandia (for diabetes), received some bad media coverage which cost the company billions of dollars. In the last 2 years the company has cut jobs 2 times. Rumors are out already they may have another round of cuts, year end 2009. It's not just GSK making cuts, it's the industry as a whole.

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