Growing quickly, managed poorly - Anonymous employee Natera Employee Review

1.0
Jul 1, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Overall the people were fun and I enjoyed working with them. Some groups are great, others are mostly dysfunctional. Its a work hard, play hard atmosphere.

Cons

No one has experience working in biotech. CEO is a bit of a tyrant and some of the managers who have little to no experience in management think that the CEO's way of doing things must be the right way (the CEO has had successful tech startups in the past). Before joining, I strongly suggest asking what the background is of your manager. If this is their first job ever and they have been placed at a high management level, run away.

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Fast-paced environment with less consideration for slower coworkers, coworkers that felt cliquey, and management that seemed distant and unapproachable. Getting along with coworkers was the toughest part for me. Some coworkers seemed unapproachable. Had trouble feeling a sense of belonging on the team with seemingly constant critique about my performance with very little mentioning of people seeing improvement.

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