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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 Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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      11K reviews
      2.0
      Sep 7, 2008

      Beware of GSK as an employer right now

      Business analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They provide great benefits. There are many different areas of the company to work in and move too if you aren't satisfied with your current position. It was a great place to learn different areas of the pharmaceutical business from marketing, product development to manufacturing. The former Glaxo facilities were nice places to work while the former Burroughs buildings were very old.

      Cons

      The company is going through major restructuring (ie downsizing). They tend to promote people who are good at doing the work to be the manager of the department. Those individuals tend to be inadequate managers. They used to have a technical track to allow individual contributers to be promoted and move ahead, however, it was dissolved.

      4.0
      Sep 2, 2008

      Good company that is going through a tough market in pharmaceuticals

      Project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company has a good pay and benefits package with above average vacation and holidays. The position I am at allows a lot of learning opportunities. Currently, there are attempts to streamline the office setting (ie. meetings) and production oriented.

      Cons

      The company is large and getting anything completed quickly is very tedious. Each employee is expected to complete multiple tasks (2-3 jobs on average). I guess this is the trend in the industry today. Some of the senior management at the site could improve on their leadership skills and focus on supporting their employees more. Some focus is lost on producing product efficiently due to all of the politics.

      3.0
      Aug 24, 2008

      GSK - Pharma giant that cant make up itsmind

      Associate scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Branching into a number of different areas of research at the moment with some opportunities being created here. Pay and benefits comparable to others within the sector. The pipeline and product replacement is probably the best in the industry right now and GSK will probably be the largest pharma within a few years. Expansion across the globe means opportunity overseas could be available.

      Cons

      The company continually changes its targets (which is in itself good) but never allows enough time for them to be met. Shareholders mean everything to GSK now and staff are just an unavoidable expense. If you want to work for GSK, ensure as good a pay deal and as high a grade as humanely possible because your chances of progress within this organisation are very limited. They would rather buy in skills than develp staff. There is a huge amount of 'restructuring' at this company which will likely continue for the foreseeable future, making staff morale quite low.

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