Great work, great people, great satisfaction - Senior Quality Control Associate Genentech Employee Review

5.0
May 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pessimists and cynics be damned! Knowing that your work is contributing to patient's lives gives a great sense of pride and purpose in the work done here. There is a great deal of pride in the fact that the company is consistently listed as one of the best places to work in the bay area. This translates in high interest and motivation in maintaining the healthy culture that keeps employees happy. With the company's great reputation at many levels, many people want to come work here, and we often end up working with some really great people.

Cons

The company has a great reputation and attracts great and not so great people (the not so great don't last long - that's a pro). Relatively speaking I hear we tend to get paid less than other companies do? A lot of work (but also a lot of resources for you to learn to work smarter not harder).

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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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