GSK reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(10,655 total reviews)
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85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

GSK has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 10,655 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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11K reviews
4.0
Jan 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

I still feel that GSK offers the best products in their respected classes, and that makes it easy to sell a product and be proud and able to sleep at night. I never feel like I am persuading a doctor to do something that is not the best possible treatment. Aside from products, the health benefits are great, and you start with 3 weeks vacation plus year end shut down.

Cons

I never feel like my job is safe. Layoffs two years in a row, and there was very little correlation to success and to those who were let go.

4.0
Jan 14, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

GSK has excellent training for new employees, training is intense and you must be prepared to leave home for minimum 3 weeks. GSK has good products, benefits, budgets, marketing materials, company cars, cell phone, credit card, computer, printer, expense account for supplies for your office and other materials.

Cons

Manage Care is having a big impact in Michigan and some other states. Physician's may like your products/drugs but if the insurance company will not pay for it, he can't use it with his patients and you will lose market share. Many of GSK best products have generic competition or in the case of Avandia (for diabetes), received some bad media coverage which cost the company billions of dollars. In the last 2 years the company has cut jobs 2 times. Rumors are out already they may have another round of cuts, year end 2009. It's not just GSK making cuts, it's the industry as a whole.

4.0
Jan 13, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pipeline of products and versatile portfolio of products. If you want to move into a specialty sales force position, now is the time. The company is in transition but is trying to be more specialized. They are always looking for talented, hard working sales reps with proven sales success.

Cons

Very big pharma. Not a lot of room to manage your territory as you see fit. Very little say into speakers or speaking opportunities.

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