Cutting edge science with great benefits - Research Associate Genentech Employee Review

4.0
Apr 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salaries, collaborative environment, the RAs are still getting stocks/options from Roche (parent company), awesome benefits and a robust pipeline.

Cons

There is an attempt for "360 reviews" where the employees can review their boss. In many cases, this has led to retribution from the boss -- Upper management needs to think if the benefits outweigh the costs here.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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