Great place to work. Work on cutting edge science with true experts. - Program Director Genentech Employee Review

5.0
Jul 27, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- The company is truly patient focused, and you will help develop medicines to save change lives - Great benefits - If you work hard and provide novel solutions, and you can progress quickly - Good work life balance compared to other large pharma - knowledgeable senior management - many true global experts in biotechnology - exciting science and technology

Cons

- decision making is slow and overly bureaucratic -gRED has slowed down a bit in the last few years, making the value of the other development functions more questionable in the context of the expensive Bay Area to Roche

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

Great culture and work environment.

Cons

PhD is necessary oftentimes for advancement.

4.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Lots of opportunities for growth, fun experiences, easy to reach higher ups, good pay

Cons

classic corporate work structure complaints, sudden layoffs are inevitable and common, business strategy can be opaque

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