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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

      Ratings by category

      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
      May 25, 2021

      If you're not a scientist, do not join

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The benefits are good. If you're a scientist, it seems like it's a good place to work.

      Cons

      Biossance: micromanagement, toxic leadership team, finger-pointing, disorganization. Poor planning. Leadership changing their mind 2 days before launching a new initiative. All work going to waste because they didn't plan ahead. Not enough room to grow. They expect you to work A LOT and don't give you enough support. No prioritization of projects. Everything is important and needs to be done ASAP, but there aren't enough resources. Everyone is overworked and burned out. I don't know if the president doesn't know about the reality of the team (because the managers are trying to protect their own jobs) or if she doesn't care.

      1.0
      May 6, 2019

      Beware

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If free lunch is your thing...

      Cons

      It's too long to list, toxic. Smoke and mirrors.

      2.0
      Jan 29, 2016

      Great technology- poor management

      Associate scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The technology is really great and the work is always interesting. Free lunch 3 days a week, nice collaborative environment, nice location, really great health care benefits.

      Cons

      Always stressful. things are constantly changing and employees are always expected to just get with the program and perform at their best. There is little training to managers so they are not able to help other employees below them. Your experience at Amyris will largely depend on who your manager is and how much they want you to succeed or not succeed. relationships with line managers feel like high school type of relationships , and because of lack training and many other things, a lot of managers are pretty terrible at their jobs - at all levels. I have met some incredible people at Amyris - I have also met really despicable individuals. We all come to Amyris for the science and we all leave because of management.

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