Avis sur Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Avantages

Petite structure dynamique en plein développement

Inconvénients

Aucun. Organisation en pleine évolution

Avantages

Salary, benefits, stock bonus, company mission

Inconvénients

Low promotion transparency, coffee is not great

Avantages

Salary, benefits, science, working atmosphere, people

Inconvénients

The rigid separation of scientific groups without the chance of overlapping

Avantages

Nice building but not worth being treated with disregard and disrespect. I felt extra motivated to prove myself and prove my doubters wrong because of the negative encounters I was having.

Inconvénients

Highly competitive environment where everyone thinks they’re the best of the best and need to graduate from the best schools to succeed. Vertex will continue losing talent because the people they have just aren’t what they seem. Vertex is elitist, and they play favoritism for promos and full time jobs.

Conseils à la direction

Role model behavior and start holding other leaders accountable. There’s no reason why senior leaders can get away with calling to question the competencies of others. Stop trying to “save your reputation” and actually be leaders, hold others and yourselves accountable.

Avantages

Great salary and benefits: -10%+ yearly bonuses with 20-50% stock awards that vest over 3 years. -4 weeks vacation to start and company shut down between Christmas and New year -$300/month commuter benefit, charitable donation matching, and $125/month student loan payment  -401k is just OK with 100% match for up to 3% and 50% match for an additional 1-3% I am lucky that I work on a team with a manager who is supportive,...

Inconvénients

All the comments about senior management in GMDA are spot-on. The comment about adding barriers instead of value is particularly accurate. Extra layers of process and review add inefficiencies and confusion. Decision makers are either unresponsive, unreasonable, or can't agree with each other. They also want their hands in every. little. thing.  Vertex talks a big talk about wanting to support its employees, help them...

Conseils à la direction

You can't keep pushing drugs through the clinic at back-breaking speed by having employees work (and re-work) endlessly. You need to get MORE EFFICIENT. Stop changing things at the last minute. Establish clear processes and STICK TO THEM. Listen to your seasoned workers and you might actually get it right the first time. Invest in technology. 

Avantages

Best vacation and equity compensation. Great science and execution. Alway good opportunities with the successful pipeline. Many very smart, talented, dedicated and well intentioned employees.

Inconvénients

Increasingly toxic culture over the past 2 years from bad hires and promotions. Countless long time top employees have departed. Workplace bullying/harassment is a common tactic to get ahead, and seemingly ignored when reported (as not illegal).

Conseils à la direction

Address workplace bullying with a policy that reflects the long standing knowledge in the field, and take it seriously. A life science company that loses its ethic will fail good employees, patients and shareholders in the long term.

Avantages

Many innovative projects, Great location, Good pipeline, Good happy hours events

Inconvénients

Culture with some level of politics

Avantages

Lovely location, it's a really nice place to work. The offices are really nice and there's a great cafeteria with a really nice view. The work is pretty fast paced, but I like that. It makes the days go by quickly and I always have something to do. Very fair treatment from management to every employee, I don't believe that they "play favorites" or anything like that.

Inconvénients

There hasn't been anything bad about working there.