Amgen Employer Reviews

Perfect work/ life balance. Well planned work. I learnt new skills like tissue culture, working on RC 40 there. Coworkers were great and management was very good at their work. Everything was going as per deadlines. I dont know what was the hardest part of the job as I enjoyed every moment working there.

The most difficult to live all days of the week was the traffic for moving to their offices, per day from arriving to the office and leaving to home was about 2 hours 30 minutes so it makes stressful because too much traffic, it doesnt matter on fridays they finished the journey early at 13:00 hours.

Regarding the goals were such as interesting because, – more... there were many opportunity areas to work in, as the customer service and giving follow up to many protocols, specially learnig how to attend new patients, people asking for information about our products and learn how to perfectly know to which person send calls, e-mails, and information, was really nice and enjoyable to know it is a noble and satisfactory company because they work to save lifes or to improve the quality of life of person with delicate health problems such as cancer or osteoporosis..

The enviroment and the co-workers were nice people, it was young people team with new ideas so it makes every day journey a good place to work. – less

Zero work / life balance
Too much preasure and in some areas have NOT people skills
Everyone wants to in, and when they are in paid to get out

Amgen provides the best work life balance I have ever experienced. The company however is shifting to outsource a lot of positions which in turn, puts staff at un-ease.

due to economy the company shut it's doors. The company is closed... nothing more to say..

good work life balance, culture is lacking, unfriendly environment

Applied for a regular position, but accepted a temporary position. The project lasted 3 months, I worked with building structure plans on a daily basis. Filed and copied them and delivered them to architects and engineers.

Thousand Oaks, CA 2003-2004
A Fortune 500 biotechnology company that discovers, manufactures, and markets therapeutic medicines for patients with debilitating diseases.

A wonderful place to work plenty of opportunity, however there is an 18 month mandatory commitment with a position or promotion.

Sold Prolia, an injectable biologic, to Endocrinologists, Rheumatologists, OBGYN’s, and Internal Medicine Providers in the Osteoporosis Market

Fast paced environment with accountability and customer service priorities.

As long as your in the "club" you're in good shape, however, that place will suck your life blood until you are nothing but a lifeless corpse. If you mange to fall out of favor with whoever you might report to, you can just kiss your career good-bye. It doesn't matter how hard you work or what you do, they will find reasons to write you up and HR/EEOC – more... is right there backing management up. Document, document, document folks, that's all I can say. They don't care how miserable they make their employees, that's not their concern. I have heard multiple stories of employees who are physically ill because of their jobs, there is nothing wrong with them. Tread very carefully folks, don't let the lure of good money consume your life. – less

Be at the top of your game to work here. Compensation commeasurate with skills, competitive in marketplace

Job security is not stable. When positions are needed to be terminated, they are terminated and are not willing to take you back.

Everyday I go to work and wonder what management is going to have to complain about. They spout their work life balance, but when push comes to shove, the only thing the company cares about is squeezing you until you you have no blood left. I can't wait to find another job that is comparable in salary so I can give my two weeks and leave this place – more... for a place that can actually appreciate people. It's so sad that so many staff feel the same way. If you choose to work there, best of luck. You'll need it to survive. – less

poor work / life balance.
no job security for contract employees.
no more comments.

The company is following the lead of other biotech companies. They are outsourcing many functions to vendors. As a result, Amgen is outsourcing it's creativity and innovation.

It is difficult to move around within the company, staff members become pigeon holed in roles, which leads to little opportunity for advancement. Some staff members have been – more... in the same role and level for over 10 years.

Like every company, there are some great managers and there are some awful ones. Fortunately, Amgen has a lot of great managers that treat staff respectively. The bad managers keep morale down because their lack of knowledge and lack of value is overlooked by friends in upper management.

The hardest part of the job is not drowning yourself in work. Staff members are forced to redo or deal with the hassles of inferior outsourced work. – less

I handled shipping, receiving and inventory control for a computer tech group. I was able to make a difference, each and every day, in this position and was a part of a great, hard working computer tech group!

The most enjoyable part of my job was my team and customers! My current manager was very helpful in my development.

I would recommend this company to someone just graduating from college and looking to gain experience in a fortune 500 company. If one started later in their career, this would be a stifling place. My experience overall was positive. The negatives are lack of advancement opportunities, long hours expected, and generally poor morale amongst collegues.