Vertex Pharmaceuticals reviews

Stressful environment. There are people working 12 hour days and still can't get their work done. People generally don't even make it a year before they burn out. You have vacation time, but people will work through their vacation and weekends. You can't trust anyone - I have had people talk about me but I don't know who it was. There is a consistent high school mentality that permeates everything you do. You don't know who is friends with whom, so you can't speak freely. Ever. You are not allowed to have an opinion. There are no team building or social activities. There really is no "team" at all because you have to watch your back. They do have beer hour on Fridays but most people are still working at 4pm when the beer hour starts. Rampant favoritism of the "veterans" (i.e. everyone who was here for the Hep C days). The veterans are always right. You are always wrong. This goes back to number 2 - don't offer opinions. Don't point out serious problems. Don't make jokes. Don't even say good morning. At best, you will be ignored. At worst, what you say can and will be held against you. It's extra fun when you watch the "veterans" get the praise, awards and raises while you sit silently being happy that you got free coffee today. No respect. My manager didn't care that my grandmother died, as long as I made it to work. Even though I'm highly educated, people talk over me at meetings and interrupt me when I speak. I was even told that I should be a "silent observer" so now I don't talk at all. No diversity. I was shocked at how there were no people of color or women in the C suite. They will tell you it's one of the values, but it isn't true. Every mistake you have ever made will be held against you. Did you make a typo on that document 6 months ago? You will see it again in your performance review. All those 9,352 things you did right? Too bad. That was your job and you should have done those things right.