Genentech seems like a great place to work from the outside but it really depends on what area of the company you are in - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

2.0
Apr 7, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The products our company makes are top notch and they do help a lot of people

Cons

Genentech is terrible at execution, at least in Production Operations. We are great at developing amazing drugs but processes are nearly non-existent. The processes that do exist are not used or not communicated. No one knows who has the rights to make a decision so they ask every single person involved in the issue to help make one, making things horribly inefficient and creating chaos. If anyone is half capable of documenting a process, not even optimizing it, just documenting it, they think you are a genius. Communication at this company is great from the Executives but middle management and cross-functional communication is poor at best. Capable people mangers are also severely lacking.

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5.0
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Pros

Great salary and team! The interview process was smooth and effective.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

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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