The future of consumer genomics - Anonymous employee Helix Employee Review

5.0
Jul 13, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits Good team cohesion Meaningful work Large focus on investing in employees Very open environment, everyone is approachable if available Ability to expand into whatever role you want Encouraged to speak up about bad trends in the company or workplace Lots of work to do

Cons

Lots of work to do Very aggressive deadlines Difficult to coordinate with external teams, since there are so many

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Helix Response
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We're focused on creating a transparent culture that allows employees to speak openly about what we should start, stop, and continue doing to enable employees to do their best work. We have ambitious goals as we move towards our launch later this year. We hope that our continued focus on hiring will alleviate some of your concerns about the volume of work. Thanks again for taking the time to provide us with your feedback about your experience working at Helix. -Derek Talent Acquisition Team

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