EMD Serono Employee Reviews

Poor leadership, favoritism among team members, lack kf promotion

EMD has a toxic environment especially at my department where recognition is actively discouraged and everyone works for themselves. It is a silo mentality at least within the department. Very poor leadership, especially mid-level managers and VP/Senior VP levels focused in process and not results.

Horrible management. The R & D leadership is severely lacking. Get rid of groups like SBO and focus on the science and the patients.

Really good people at the colleague level. Senior Mgmt is a problem, in the US we have strong leaders but they are not couragous and the President does not deal with the issues on his team. The German Senior Leaders are out of touch and only work in their best interests.

Be present and take the initiativecto show they care fir each team member. Not empty words!

Leadership needs to practice servant leadership rather than demanding and unsupportive requests that goes nowhere despite feedback of the whole team

Honesty, communication, walking the talk

Listening to US staff, listening to people with experience, confronting and solving issues.

Communication

Bonus and base salary are goid

My salary and bonus is the best part. The health benefits are expensive.

The benefits, health care provider and vacation time.

There are no stock options for global director level, which is a standard elsewhere. There is a very low concern about retention so long term incentive plans are only given to those who are the highest performers, which is a very unusual rating for most people.

We try to be quick and pragmatically solve problems and dont waste time complaining.

Good, smart, well intentioned people.

Good, smart, well intentioned people despite bad managers.

Very inclusive and helpful.

Have a natural and independent thought.

The culture propagated by the management is the real problem. The co-workers are just not motivated to do their best and to be their best selves. The usual toxic management style curtails people's eagerness to go to work and thus their interactions with colleagues.

I enjoy my co-workers very much.

Nice facility with great people

Non-punitive environment and implementing a servant leader policy along with zero tolerance for jerks

It is a German company with a German-first attitude. The US staff is not equal to German staff and many of the decisions that are made are unilateral. Opportunities for growth are non-existant for US staff, especially if you are female.

Better tools and support from upper management

The interview process usually includes many team members and not only management, which allows the team to also give feedback about their perception of the candidate and ultimately build better team dynamics. This good practice has diminished over the years.

It was short and fast. Three meetings and an offer.

Short and fast process in my experience.

My colleagues make working here worth it

The work itself and the colleagues I interact with.

Successfully completing a project or tasks

Too many levels of leadership, cut from the top. Actually improve your teams and invest in your business.

Customers often don't even know EMD Serono, despite being the oldest pharma company in the world. The R&D staggered for too many years, but it is catching-up recently.