Horrible Statistical Programming Department - Principal Statistical Programmer Genentech Employee Review

1.0
Dec 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Nice Cafeteria Nice Campus Good 401k

Cons

Extremely political Lot of Back-Stabbing Horrible Management No Career Opportunity at all If you are joining statistical programming department then kiss your career good bye. They typically hire junior programmer who are naive and does not understand office politics. Programmers are better off joining a start up or another company. Extremely incompetent managers who does not know anything about programming at all. Extremely political.

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