Is MSD a good company to work for?

MSD has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 4,173 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at MSD to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about MSD have been left by employees working as Quality Assurance , Intern and Engineer .

Does MSD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MSD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MSD. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MSD?

80% of MSD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MSD 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MSD?

Associate Director (81) , Intern (63) , Specialist (53) , Clinical Data Manager (47) , Engineer (46) , Estagiário (41) , Senior Specialist (40) , Associate Specialist (38) , Manager (37) , Sales Representative (36) , Project Manager (34) , Data Scientist (29) , Software Engineer (29) , Internship (24) , Medical Science Liaison (MSL) (24)

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

"Good benefits (e.g. a phone + almost unlimited mobile plan to all employees)." ((in 194 reviews)); "Flexible and good work life balance" ((in 183 reviews)); "Good culture and focus on developing it's people" ((in 176 reviews)); "Workplace and people are great" ((in 152 reviews)); "Good salaries and bonuses." ((in 134 reviews))

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

"Rare that you find a good manager" ((in 51 reviews)); "No career progression and worklife balance" ((in 24 reviews)); "bad leadership and alot of managment politics." ((in 24 reviews)); "Some office politics rears its head from time to time" ((in 15 reviews)); "Too much politics and depends who you know if you want to progress in career." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about MSD layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed MSD locations?

Dublin , Carlow , Cork , Dunboyne , Brinny , Swords , Clonmel , Ballydine Cross Roads , Tipperary , Dundalk , Limerick , Kells , Naas , Rathfarnham , Blackrock , Wicklow , Dublin Pike , Carrigaline , Bandon

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4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(93 total reviews)

Rob Davis

84% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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1.0

Jun 8, 2026

Toxic environment overshadowing good pay and benefits

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and bonus, pension

Cons

The worst place ever worked..stems from the initial hire approach. They still havent got their head into the game that its a production faciliry not an extension of universtiy. Once they get that sorted they might get better. Very toxic enviromwnt. Cliques ruin the place.

5.0

Apr 14, 2026

Great place to work

Qa operations specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Nice people, good incentives, fast paced

Cons

Difficult to achieve targets, stressful at times

2.0

Mar 13, 2026

Toxic Culture, Chaotic site

Manufacturing biotech associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The overall corporate (global) portion of the company has a lot of money which masks a lot of issues at site level. MSD has a good reputation in ireland in most other sites than here.

Cons

The Dunboyne site has been completely miss-managed by the SLT & HR from the Takeda days - through covid - and up until relatively recently. There has been a small improvement after former SLT were "quiet-Fired" and rotated to irrelevant positions. American legacy directors have arrived to replace the older irish ones and they seem to have the right gusto. After years of stagnant outlook -people who deserve to be fired have been. Regarding the manufacturing dept. , Due to bad resource management and terrible hiring regimes (I.E the 2023 drive to replace the young energetic staff with incompetent, technologically & scientifically illiterate older people for less money) change in manufacturing has been glacial and thwarted. Adversarial mindset of supporting depts means no real change has occurred in years which drives high MFG staff turnover. Would not recommend the MFG dept, other dept possibly. 5 year outlook will not be good if a keytruda replacement is not found

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