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 4 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 3 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.

• Janssen – approx 1000 employees in Cork (see current Janssen jobs)
• P&G – approx 500 employees in Kildare (see current P&G jobs)
• Pfizer – approx 2150 employees across Cork, Dublin and Kildare (see current Pfizer jobs)
• MSD – approx 1430 employees across Carlow, Cork, Dublin and Tipperary (see current MSD jobs)
• Alkermes – approx 400 employees in Westmeath (see current Alkermes jobs)

• Boston Scientific – approx 4700 employees across Cork, Galway and Tipperary (see current Boston Scientific jobs)
• GSK – approx 1365 employees across Cork, Sligo and Waterford (see current GSK jobs)
• Lilly – approx 400 employees in Cork (see current Lilly jobs)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) – approx 550 employees in Dublin (see current BMS jobs)
• Novartis – approx 1050 employees in Cork (see current Novartis jobs)
• Abbott – approx 3400 employees across Cavan, Dublin, Donegal, Longford, Sligo and Tipperary (see current Abbott jobs)
• Stryker – approx 2770 employees across Cork and Limerick (see current Stryker jobs)
• DePuy Synthes – approx 1000 employees in Cork (see current DePuy Synthes jobs)
• Sanofi – approx 450 employees in Waterford (see current Sanofi jobs)
• Medtronic – approx 2500 employees in Galway and Westmeath (see current Medtronic jobs)
• Bausch & Lomb – approx 1350 employees in Waterford (see current Bausch & Lomb jobs)
• Amgen – approx 450 employees in Dublin (see current Amgen jobs)
• B.Braun – approx 50 employees in Dublin (see current B.Braun jobs)
• Servier – approx 385 employees in Wicklow (see current Servier jobs)
• GE Healthcare – approx 600 employees in Cork (see current GE Healthcare jobs)
• Astellas – approx 330 employees in Dublin and Kerry (see current Astellas jobs)
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals – approx 50 employees in Roscommon (see current Jazz Pharma jobs)
• Alcon – approx 400 employees in Cork (see current Alcon jobs)
• Allergan – approx 1500 employees across Dublin & Mayo (see current Allergan jobs)
• Teleflex – approx 160 employees in Limerick (see current Teleflex jobs)
• BioMarin – approx 400 employees in Cork (see current BioMarin jobs)
• Takeda – approx 520 employees across Dublin, Meath and Wicklow (see current Takeda jobs)
• Cook Medical – approx 800 employees in Limerick (see current Cook Medical jobs)
• BD Medical – approx 1020 employees across Dublin, Louth and Wexford (see current BD Medical jobs)
• Baxter – approx 1000 employees in Mayo (see current Baxter jobs)
• Mylan – approx 1600 employees across Dublin and Galway (see current Mylan jobs)

• Teva – approx 780 employees in Dublin and Waterford (see current Teva jobs)
• Beckman Coulter – approx 330 employees in Clare (see current Beckman Coulter jobs)
• Creganna Medical – approx 1000 employees in Galway (see current Creganna Medical jobs)
• Zimmer Biomet – approx 630 employees across Clare and Galway  (see current Zimmer Biomet jobs)
• Merit Medical – approx 700 employees in Galway (see current Merit Medical jobs)
• Leo Pharma – approx 550 employees in Cork and Dublin (see current Leo Pharma jobs)
• Nypro Healthcare – approx 450 employees in Dublin and Waterford (see current Nypro jobs)
• Gilead Sciences – approx 500 employees in Cork (see current Gilead Sciences jobs)
• Charles River Laboratories – approx 150 employees in Mayo (see current Charles River jobs)
• Almac – approx 2750 employees across Armagh and Louth  (see current Almac jobs)
• West Pharma – approx 750 employees across Dublin and Waterford  (see current West Pharma jobs)
• Regeneron – approx 800 employees in Limerick (see current Regeneron jobs)
• AbbVie – approx 350 employees across Cork and Sligo (see current AbbVie jobs)

References

Scores were taken from Glassdoor, Irishjobs.ie, Payscale, and Indeed, in January 2019