Toxic and terrible in every way - Marketing Illumina Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and benefits are decent. The campus is pretty.

Cons

Toxic culture. No onboarding. No career development discussions. Gossip is rampant. Backstabbing is always imminent. Creativity is frowned upon if not outright ridiculed by management. The environment is anything but collaborative, even though they preach "deeply collaborative" over and over again as one of the company's values. In reality, people barely speak to one another at all.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Stuck with them for 7 years because it was good back then. Comp is good, benefits are good, and if you're on campus its a nice experience. If you find the right team it can be a dream, but the flipside can be awful. Overall they have a lack of direction in what is turning out to be a highly competitive market.

Cons

Corporate bureaucracy and internal politics are strong but could be worse. The benefits were better in the past and all the perks are winding down with time as they tighten the budgets and try hard to pivot away from dying segments

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