Great People! Great Culture! Good Science! Poor Pay! - Principal Scientist Pfizer Employee Review

4.0
10 Jul 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Very collaborative and colleague wellness and mental well being proponent atmosphere. - Open door policy in terms of feedback. Encourage you to be independent and lead. - Great opportunities of doing really good science.

Cons

- Size hurts most development work. Redundant corporate policies and red tape can often be impeding timelines and efficiencies. Possibly plagues every big company but there's a lot of opportunity to optimize. - Compensations are not on par to companies valuated as high as Pfizer. Would be a great leap forward in retaining talent and preventing turnover if organization wide salary reharmonization can take place. - Still a little old school in terms of structure and promotion. Complex org charts and unnecessary tiers in different orgs. Lot of emphasis on time spent in a role at a certain level than the impact on projects and performance.

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5.0
17 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Supportive team and scientists. Very collaborative environment.

Cons

Not much, I enjoyed my work and had a very nice team

2.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A good amount of remote monitoring, which depending on how you view can be a positive.

Cons

Changing systems and inconsistent standards are applied to people. There are many differing models that often muddy how you are supposed to do your job, especially when other staff members don't quite understand. How do you interface with the changing models? There tends to be a lot of blame and foisting of responsibilities. Sometimes you can become overburdened with a lot of work, where people do not respect your time and think that their tasks should take priority. It is possible to be contacted late at night with work to do and then be criticized the next day for not being able to keep up.

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