There are several metrics you can use to decide the “best” company. But what employees say should definitely be considered.

So we’ve taken employee submitted scores from across four different websites and combined them to create a star rating system for Ireland’s pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing companies.

To be included in this list, a company had to have a review score on at least three of the websites.

To simplify this article, we’ve listed out the companies in groupings. No company scored above 4.5, so our highest ranked group is the 4-star group, who all scored 4.0 – 4.49 out of 5.

• Pfizer – approx 3100 employees across Cork, Dublin and Kildare (see current Pfizer jobs)
• Medtronic – approx 2500 employees in Galway and Westmeath (see current Medtronic jobs)
• MSD – approx 2000 employees across Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Meath and Tipperary (see current MSD jobs)
• Janssen – approx 1200 employees in Cork (see current Janssen jobs)
• Stryker – approx 3200 employees across Antrim, Cork and Limerick (see current Stryker jobs)
• Bausch & Lomb – approx 1450 employees in Waterford (see current Bausch & Lomb jobs)
• Baxter – over 1000 employees across Dublin and Mayo (see current Baxter jobs)
• DePuy Synthes – approx 1000 employees in Cork (see current DePuy Synthes jobs)
• Amgen – approx 670 employees in Dublin (see current Amgen jobs)

• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) – approx 650 employees in Dublin (see current BMS jobs)
• GE Healthcare – approx 600 employees in Cork (see current GE Healthcare jobs)
• AbbVie – approx 1000 employees across Cork, Dublin, Mayo and Sligo (see current AbbVie jobs)
• Boston Scientific – approx 6000 employees across Cork, Galway and Tipperary (see current Boston Scientific jobs)
• Servier – approx 450 employees in Wicklow (see current Servier jobs)
• GSK – approx 750 employees in Waterford (see current GSK jobs)
• BD Medical – approx 1020 employees across Dublin, Louth and Wexford (see current BD Medical jobs)
• BioMarin – approx 450 employees in Cork (see current BioMarin jobs)
• Teleflex – approx 300 employees in Limerick (see current Teleflex jobs)
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals – approx 50 employees in Roscommon (see current Jazz Pharma jobs)
• Beckman Coulter – approx 400 employees in Clare (see current Beckman Coulter jobs)
• Aerogen – approx 410 employees across Clare and Galway (see current Aerogen jobs)
• Astellas – approx 330 employees in Dublin and Kerry (see current Astellas jobs)
• Alkermes – approx 450 employees in Roscommon (see current Alkermes jobs)
• Creganna Medical – approx 1000 employees in Galway (see current Creganna Medical jobs)
• Cook Medical – approx 980 employees in Limerick (see current Cook Medical jobs)
• Takeda – approx 520 employees across Dublin and Wicklow (see current Takeda jobs)
• B.Braun – approx 100 employees across Dublin and Sligo (see current B.Braun jobs)
• Gilead Sciences – approx 500 employees in Cork (see current Gilead Sciences jobs)
• Alcon – approx 400 employees in Cork (see current Alcon jobs)
• P&G – approx 950 employees in Kildare (see current P&G jobs)
• Abbott – approx 3950 employees across Cavan, Dublin, Donegal, Longford, Sligo and Tipperary (see current Abbott jobs)
• Lilly – approx 900 employees in Cork (see current Lilly jobs)
• Regeneron – approx 1400 employees in Limerick (see current Regeneron jobs)
• Sanofi – approx 740 employees in Waterford (see current Sanofi jobs)
• Teva – approx 850 employees across Antrim and Waterford (see current Teva jobs)
• Leo Pharma – approx 700 employees in Cork and Dublin (see current Leo Pharma jobs)
• Almac – approx 2800 employees across Armagh, Louth and Westmeath  (see current Almac jobs)

• Jabil – approx 450 employees in Dublin and Waterford (see current Jabil jobs)
• West Pharma – approx 900 employees across Dublin and Waterford  (see current West Pharma jobs)
• Merit Medical – approx 1000 employees in Galway (see current Merit Medical jobs)
• Charles River Laboratories – approx 150 employees in Mayo (see current Charles River jobs)

References

Scores were taken from Glassdoor, Irishjobs.ie, Payscale, and Indeed, in April 2022

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