Not the darling child it once was...very difficult place to be and work. - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

1.0
Feb 28, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Beautiful campus in San Francisco with excellent amenities such as multiple cafeterias, gym, lounge, campus bus, great views, and decent parking. Standard benefits are very competitive.

Cons

Standard benefits are not necessarily much better then competitors. The soft benefits like employee discounts and concierge are shiny add-ons, they don't really add to "great". Management is self involved and not in touch with the front line staff. Promotions are not given where warranted by performance and contribution. Raises are poor in relation to workload and objectives expectations. Communication is poor and untimely, and facts are heavily watered down. There's a general sense of distrust and foreboding. Key information to doing one's job is compartmentalized and siloed so one works is in a vacuum. Compensation is out of line with hours of wirk and amount of work expected -- no work-life balance.

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Cons

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2.0
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The work is meaningful and overall the company vision aligns with my goals

Cons

QA management has become inept. None of the leadership (aside from maybe one or two) truly understand the nuances of our site and jobs. They refuse to pay you more due to "budget" reasons but won't provide much information, they claim to be transparent but will make decisions behind your back and not communicate them, even if they impact you and/or your job. Leadership doesn't listen to feedback and gets defensive if you even try to give any. It honestly has become a game of politics only in QA and that's not really building any real quality culture.

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