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      Amyris

      Engaged Employer

      Amyris reviews

      3.5

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (351 total reviews)
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      Kathy Fortmann

      74% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Amyris has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 351 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amyris 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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      351 reviews
      2.0
      Aug 13, 2013

      Difficult Industry Creates Difficult Environment

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      They take care of their employees with good benefits, perks, and very nice facilities. For certain roles in R&D, there are plenty of exciting challenges to work on.

      Cons

      The culture has suffered from lots of turnover and and slow and painful "growing up" phase of the company since its arguably premature IPO. The culture that was a major selling point has disappeared with the departure of the founders. Sales, marketing, and G&A roles face challenges with constantly changing priorities and lots of politics as talented people try to protect their turf.

      4.0
      Jul 23, 2013

      Passionate people

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      People here really care about making a difference in the world. There are a lot of smart people that are genuinely fun to work with.

      Cons

      Management does not provide enough leadership or have enough technical expertise in the relevant areas.

      2.0
      Mar 20, 2013

      Great science, very poor management, too top heavy

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Coworkers are top notch. The Associate Scientists/RAs are all hard-working and fun to be around. The lab scientists and project leaders are some of the most intelligent, creative, and hard-working people I've met. Just brilliant. Benefits are decent, trying to stay on par with many other tech startups in the area.

      Cons

      The company retains way too many managers. Many high-level employees are bad at their jobs, many are quite unproductive, and some positions are even redundant. They command large salaries for being good at snaking up the ladder and not advocate for their workers. When layoffs happen, it is almost all salary-cheap, diligent RAs/lab scientists that are forced to leave. The ratio at one point was practically 2 managers to every 1 lab employee. The company shows no loyalty to those who have saved the business through innovation before. Prepare for the pharma treatment. Upper management is completely disconnected from the science. There is large amounts of politics and dishonesty involved in major decisions.

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