Employee Benefits May Include the following:

401k, Pension, Retirement, Retiree, Health Insurance, Medical, Vision, Dental, IRA, Competitive Base Pay, Quarterly Bonus, Paid Time Off, Weekly Pay, Medical, Dental, Vision, Insurance, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Paid Family Medical Leave, Bereavement, Jury Duty and Parental Leave, Life, Dependent and Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Savings Plan 401(k), Company Paid Retirement Benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA), Time Off and Flexible Days, Group Legal Plan, Group Home Auto Insurance, Pet Insurance, Employee Discounts, Adoption Reimbursement, Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loans, Well-Being Programs, etc…

Amgen Benefits Center:

benefits.amgen.com

800-97-AMGEN (800-972-6436)

Company Summary:

Amgen Inc., formerly known as Applied Molecular Genetics Inc., is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company with headquarters located in Thousand Oaks, California. Amgen is among the world’s largest independent biotech companies. They focus on molecular biology and biochemistry with the goal to provide a healthcare business based on recombinant DNA technology. Amgen’s largest selling product was Neulasta, an immunostimulator that is used in preventing infections in people undergoing cancer chemotherapy.

The name Amgen came from the first letters of its original name, Applied Molecular Genetics. Amgen was created as the brainchild of William K. Bowles and associates. The staff of three occupies a shared building, which is now called “Building 1”. It became the official name of the organization in 1993, three years after its incorporation. The first three years was focused on creating organisms to extract oil from shale, growing chickens faster, cloning luciferase, and many others.

As Amgen turns 40 years, Amgen is stronger than ever as a global biotech leader in about 100 countries.

Amgen offers their employees a Total Rewards package that is inclusive of a competitive base pay with bonus opportunities, excellent benefits, plus an outstanding work environment with the opportunity to grow, financially and professionally.

Quick Summary of Benefits:

As of 2020, they have a record of approximately 22,000 employees in their organization.  Their employees may join in a wide selection of benefit programs as soon as they become eligible.  They may be eligible to the following benefits once they are qualified:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance 
• Vision Program
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life Insurance 
• Disability Insurance 
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Occupational Accident Insurance
• Mental Health Care
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Retirement
• Performance Bonus

Some of their benefits also include the following:

• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Medical Leave
• Military Leave
• Reduced or Flexible Hours
• Work from Home
• Vacation and Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Bereavement Leave
• Employee Discount
• Employee Assistance Program
• Gym Membership
• Legal Assistance
• Company Car
• Tuition Assistance
• Professional Development
• Diversity Program
• Apprenticeship Program
• Job Training

Please note that the full list of benefits available to new employees varies from location to location due to differences in local laws, regulations, and customs – and may change at any time.

Your Benefits Resources (YBR) Website:

The YBR Web site is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. YBR provides information, tools and calculators to help you:

• Learn how your benefit plans work.
• Understand the expenses and services that your options cover.
• Build your own medical plan, selecting from various coverage options.
• Compare health care and insurance options.
• Estimate your out-of-pocket costs for your medical options.
• Search for doctors, dentists, and eye doctors online using the criteria you enter.
• Choose or change your beneficiary(ies).
• Estimate your need for:
  • Life and long-term disability insurance coverage; and
  • A health care and/or dependent care spending account.
• Get answers to questions about your benefits. Use the “Contact Us” link on the site to send a secure question to a Customer Service Representative.

Information on your health and welfare, 401(k), pension and FSA benefits. For example:

Health and welfare

• View your current health and welfare benefits coverage
• Make enrollment decisions

401(k)

• View your current 401(k) balance and change contributions
• Make fund transfer and investment election changes

Pension

• If you are eligible for a pension benefit:
  • View your pension information
  • Project your pension income
  • Start your pension
  • Make beneficiary designations and changes (if applicable)

FSA

• Manage your FSA(s)

General Tasks:

• Request a new User ID and password or change your existing User ID and password
• Learn more about your benefits
• Review, add or change your dependent or beneficiary information on file (if applicable)
• Understand how a Life Event may affect your benefits

1. Visit this link in your preferred internet browser on your device.
2. Type in your User Name in the space provided.  
3. Type in your current Password in the space provided.  
4. Select the grey “Log On” button to proceed.
5. You may now be able to manage your account online.

1. Visit this link in your preferred internet browser on your device.
2. Select the “New User?” link found below the login details.
3. Type in your employee ID in the space provided.
4. Enter your Date of Birth in the spaces provided.
5. Select the blue “Continue” button to move forward.
6. Continue to move forward and provide every important information that is asked of you to create a new account online.

You will be directed to your account details where you may start to manage or review as soon as your registration has been successfully completed.

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3. www.ybr.com/amgen
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5. http://www.ybr.com/amgen

• 2021 Amgen Benefits Decision Guide
• Amgen Employee Benefits Checklist

• Forbes included them in the list of America’s Most JUST Companies in 2020.
• Forbes Magazine included them in the list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2018.