Is GSK a good company to work for?

GSK has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 15,900 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at GSK to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about GSK have been left by employees working as Jovem Aprendiz Administrativo , Jovem Aprendiz and Estagiário De Marketing .

Does GSK pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GSK employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GSK. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GSK?

79% of GSK employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GSK 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GSK?

Intern (257) , Director (245) , Manager (216) , Project Manager (184) , Industrial Placement Student (179) , Sales Representative (178) , Senior Scientist (148) , Investigator (145) , Medical Representative (123) , Internship (113) , Estagiário (103) , Scientist (100) , Associate Scientist (98) , Senior Manager (91) , Business Analyst (73)

What are the pros of working at GSK according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and share scheme is good" ((in 977 reviews)); "the company has a great culture and that applies to more than just surrounding your work." ((in 822 reviews)); "GSK is well recognized in the industry and you get to work with some really great people." ((in 803 reviews)); "Very social and good work life balance" ((in 733 reviews)); "Only a good Salary and site" ((in 400 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GSK according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and some fake values" ((in 297 reviews)); "Bad manager will get all your hard work as his and leave bad stuff to you" ((in 161 reviews)); "Until recently senior leadership refused to listen and partner with employees to increase performance." ((in 137 reviews)); "Slow career progression and advancement." ((in 96 reviews)); "Senior management is horrible and don't care about the field." ((in 83 reviews))

What are employees saying about GSK layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about GSK layoffs and their outlook for job security at GSK in 2026.

What are the top reviewed GSK locations?

Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo , Guarulhos , Porto Alegre , Duque de Caxias , Curitiba , Belo Horizonte , Salvador , Goiânia , Sorocaba , Recife , Passo Fundo , São Luís , Fortaleza , Belém , Jacareacanga , Ribeirão Preto , Campinas , Brasília , São Gonçalo , São João de Meriti , Juiz de Fora , Barra Mansa , Rio das Ostras , Rio Grande , Blumenau , Chapecó , Curitibanos , São José , Brasiléia

GSK reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(10,656 total reviews)

Luke Miels

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

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 10,656 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 Farmacêutica e biotecnologia industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

2.0

Jan 18, 2018

Intimadation and lack of integrity

Sales

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The team are genuine and hard working

Cons

Managements lack of integrity, bullying, deceit and treating people like they don’t mean anything

GSK Response

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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. It is very concerning to us that this has been your experience working for us, particularly your comments around management integrity and bullying behaviour. We take this feedback very seriously and encourage you to contact us via our speak up channel here to give us more details: https://www.tnwgrc.com/gsk/main.htm

4.0

Apr 21, 2017

A very good place to work that used to be great

Procurement manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

GSK Consumer Healthcare is a very good place to work but that had historically been a truly great place to work. The people you work with are exceptional and the culture has been historically supportive, encouraging, positive, and focused on development. The company has a true sense of mission and a strong teamwork approach. Compensation and benefits are without question exceptional as is the work life balance. During recent savings initiatives the travel budget was cut substantially year on year for the past 5 years. While this might seem like a negative it was in fact a very large positive having shown that most business travel can be cut without negative impacts on performance. Judicious investments in video teleconferencing and collaboration tools more than made up for the travel reductions and sharply improved work life balance for all corporate travelers especially where US/Europe and US/Asia travel was concerned.

Cons

Recent changes to the corporate strategy, integration of the Novartis business/joint venture, and a strong move to downsize has undercut the culture and resources that made it a truly great place to work. Many highly experienced individuals elected to leave the company due to these changes. This, along with a very challenging computer system upgrade has made life more difficult for employees. Hopefully these just turn out to be growing pains. The real negative has become the strong growth of corporate politics between the former GSK and Novartis factions. Politicization and siloing has pushed decision making on even the most mundane of subjects to much too high of a level. This coupled with business performance objectives that are divorced from what is actually feasible have contributed to distress at manager level and below.

4.0

Feb 16, 2016

Senior Director

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong focus on ethical behaviours and doing the right thing

Cons

Extremely under resourced. Burned out staff. Demotivating bonus structure (quota system).

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