Upper management is ruining an otherwise good company. Not worth it. - Anonymous employee Natera Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great science and products, co-workers/employees are smart, hard-working, fun, motivated people. Nice facility. Free food.

Cons

Upper management is a disaster. There is a cult-like following of an ineffective CEO who bullies employees (no joke - he has been observed many, many times screaming at people in the office) - and the rest of management thinks his way must be the only way. Recently lost both their CFO and VP of marketing - two voices of reason. No communication, no clear accountability or ownership if tasks, blame thrown around for screw-ups, every day is a fire drill, company is driven by sales and marketing (not science). Sales and marketing set *very* unreasonable timelines. No one works a 40-hour-week. Pay is NOT comparable to industry standards, even at the advanced-degree level. Lots of people leaving.

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