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.

• Janssen – approx 1200 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)
• Boston Scientific – approx 4700 employees across Cork, Galway and Tipperary (see current Boston Scientific jobs)
• Stryker – approx 3200 employees across Antrim, Cork and Limerick (see current Stryker jobs)
• Sanofi – approx 700 employees in Waterford (see current Sanofi jobs)
• GSK – approx 915 employees across Sligo and Waterford (see current GSK jobs)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) – approx 900 employees in Dublin (see current BMS jobs)

• Lilly – approx 900 employees in Cork (see current Lilly jobs)
• Abbott – approx 3400 employees across Cavan, Dublin, Donegal, Longford, Sligo and Tipperary (see current Abbott jobs)
• DePuy Synthes – approx 1000 employees in Cork (see current DePuy Synthes 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)
• AbbVie Dublin and Mayo (Formely known as Allergan. Renamed after its acquisition in 2020)- approx 1500 employees (see current AbbVie jobs)
• Teleflex – approx 300 employees in Limerick (see current Teleflex jobs)
• BioMarin – approx 450 employees in Cork (see current BioMarin 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)
• Regeneron – approx 800 employees in Limerick (see current Regeneron jobs)
• Nypro Healthcare – approx 450 employees in Dublin and Waterford (see current Nypro jobs)
• Beckman Coulter – approx 330 employees in Clare (see current Beckman Coulter jobs)
• Aerogen – approx 500 employees in Galway (see current Aerogen jobs)
• Welch Allyn – approx 100 employees in Meath (see current Welch Allyn jobs)
• Alkermes – approx 400 employees in Westmeath (see current Alkermes jobs)

• Teva – approx 730 employees in Waterford (see current Teva 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)
• 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)
• AbbVie – approx 350 employees across Cork and Sligo (see current AbbVie 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)

References

Scores were taken from Glassdoor, Irishjobs.ie, Payscale, and Indeed, in April 2020