Great company with great innovation - Principal Scientist Vertex Pharmaceuticals Employee Review

I have never seen benefits this great

Expectations are too high and people are often stressed

Smart group of people. Good pipeline and drugs that work. Plenty of work to go around.

Mostly everyone I interact with on the Clinical Development and Clinical Quality side primarily care about how they are perceived by others around them. This goes from the very top VP level down to the bottom. Most of the work being performed is about optics, not results. It seems the whole company functions as if they are working in competition with each other for the next promotion, who will look better, and who can get their name on things. It is a very toxic workplace where favoritism runs rampant, and it isn't always based on knowledge. There is an invisible org chart that rules everything, and won't be communicated. It is an exhausting role, where you are initially told that you are to roll up your sleeves and get to work - but then frequently scolded about who you have shared information with, how you shared that information, or some random thing you did incorrectly that actually is made up by one individual and isn't even done correctly across other permanent employees. A lot of processes in place are huge time wasters. Information is required to be detailed within Veeva, but also within templated forms outside of Veeva. New processes are implemented without a review of current processes, so you are left doing both. It makes no sense, and a lot of time is spent performing administrative type work. Time is very micromanaged. Your output doesn't matter - it is just about optics. Not really the way I function but this company is for others who are trying to climb the corporate ladder and like to suck up to get in the good graces. Many decisions require involvement of levels way too high, so majority of time is explaining how things work to those individuals. I think this quality culture will catch up to vertex quickly. Its all about the volume of output, not the quality, and if your name is on something. Sneaky vibes all around.. plus the pay is pretty mediocre for all the hassle you have to deal with. Comparable salaries are paid elsewhere for a lot less BS to deal with.