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Adaptive Biotechnologies reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(235 total reviews)
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Chad Robins

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Adaptive Biotechnologies has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 235 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Adaptive Biotechnologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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235 reviews
2.0
Apr 21, 2022

Consider other Biotechs

Recommend
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Pros

The vision of healthcare impact is solid and meaningful. The coworkers are generally really cool people, but it is dependent on individual teams & departments leadership.

Cons

Senior leadership has been faltering into unprofessional behavior and attitude at company meetings when given feedback about recent pivots and the layoff of 12% (100+ people) from the company. Business decisions can be difficult, but the lack of foresight into the layoff of certain personnel (and the impact/fallout to the company of those people being let go) indicated potentially poor judgement in our senior leadership team. The pay is middle to low end. If you identify or present as a woman you may find your pay is not on par with your male peers. HR does not address issues in a timely manner. They frequently ignore or try to push down issues with pay, harassment, and other issues until legal requirements or attorneys are mentioned. In general the company does not take feedback well, leadership is not transparent or communicative, decisions are often switched up midexecution and there's so much turnover in the project leads for initiatives that create unneeded confusion and delays, resource burdens.

2.0
Apr 15, 2022

Proceed with Caution

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart, capable and accessible co-workers. The new headquarters is beautiful with stunning views of Lake Union and the Space Needle (though I wish there were more conference rooms). Decent work life balance and flexible work options for non-lab staff.

Cons

The company is not profitable and does not have a clear path to profitability. Recently, the company underwent a significant organizational restructuring where 12% of the workforce (100 employees) were laid off suddenly. Unless senior leadership learns to better manage costs, anyone hired this year will likely be a candidate for lay offs next year. The company has a lot of potential but senior leadership struggles with what to do with that potential and lacks decisiveness. It's not uncommon for senior leadership to make a strategic decision and then completely reverse that decision a few months later. Salaries are not competitive especially for Seattle. 401k match is low. Turnover is high.

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