Pfizer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,730 total reviews)
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Albert Bourla

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Pfizer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 8,730 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pfizer 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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9K reviews
1.0
Mar 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Generous compensation and benefits, at least as of now (although benefits and compensation are being curtailed). Some talented co-workers and top notch scientists but most of the top talent is leaving because of recent changes.

Cons

No clear direction from Sr. Management. A chaotic environment where urgent projects are cancelled without notice, sites are closed and colleagues relocated yearly, years of work are discarded and each wave of re-organization lowers morale further. Positions are often created, filled and then eliminated within a 6-10 month time frame. Pfizer has a long history of hiring people into sites that close within a week of their start date. The leadership has proven time and again to be completely untrustworthy. Whatever they say, believe the opposite. Beware working for this company.

1.0
Dec 12, 2011

Very low morale at entire site

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many opportunities to learn various tasks.

Cons

Extreme pressure to meet very aggressive timelines. Many coworkers ("colleagues") work regularly late into the night and weekends due to workload. We are told to "do more with less" and be "comfortably over-committed". Very low morale at entire site. Many have no pride in the company name.

4.0
Jan 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, competitive salaries, backed up by a Fortune 40 company, global company with infinite possibilities for development, plenty of resources.

Cons

Lack of parity between support staff and salaried staff with regards to flexibility, and work/life balance. Never knowing if your job will be eliminated in the next wave of lay offs. The stigma of working for "Big Pharma".

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