A place where your political skills matter more than your technical skills - Associate Director Gilead Sciences Employee Review

2.0
Oct 18, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good campus and facilities, some genuinely good people that do a lot of the heavy lifting to enable the "climbers and political types" to shine.

Cons

Absolutely heartless place where you will be sure to be reprimanded for any small mistake but never be commended for all the hard work. A place where favoritism is rampant in all department and systems are antiquated. Genuine scientific dialog is frowned upon in meetings because one must park their brains at the door and execute on what had been dictated from top down, even if it does not make sense.

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