Pfizer reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,727 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 8,727 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 Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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9K reviews
3.0
Jan 17, 2018

20 Year Employee

Recommend
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Pros

Extensive resources World class training Vast pipeline An established and financially secure company Vision and strategy

Cons

Bureaucracy Resistant to change "shoot the messenger" culture Lack of trust Old boys club

2.0
Oct 16, 2017

Hard to say where stuff gets done

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance Benefits—especially medical (the usual but with extras like teledoc services, travel coverage) Pay, bonus, and long-term incentives Many people will have you believe that they have committed their careers for the greater good of humanity

Cons

It is sometimes incredibly difficult and slow to get things done. Often it feels like unless you’ve been at the company for more than 10 years or so, it is a very long process to know who to go for what— and even if you are connected to the correct people early on in a project or in an idea phase, you better hope they have capacity or bandwidth or interest to help you. I think this is because Pfizer is so comfortable, no one leaves. Its culture is so entrenched in itself. This makes it hard for new comers—since basically in many functions everyone that surrounds you has 10+ years of tenure (not to mention Pfizer has a super bare minimum onboarding process).

5.0
Aug 17, 2017

Assistant

Recommend
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Pros

Pfizer is a great company to work for with an excellent benefit package. It is the only manufacturing company I've ever heard of around here that enables you to work in a sanitary climate-controlled environment and at a comfortable pace. The company is truly focused on quality which gives an employee a really good feeling to be a part of. Everything about the company is very accommodating especially the cafeteria which serves hot affordable meals 3 times per day per shift ( breakfast, lunch, and dinner!).

Cons

The only cons are the long hours (12 hour shifts) make it hard for the people who have to drive from Salina, Wichita, etc.

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