Employees get rewarded when they are patient and relentless. - Director, Software Engineering Personalis Employee Review

5.0
Dec 3, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Everyday is a new day, which is great to learn new ways of working and making an impact. I've been with Personalis for over 5 years, having built systems from ground up, and helping the business scale while hiring and retaining top talents. The day-to-day work will include in identifying a challenge or opportunity, brainstorming, designing, collaborating, defining system boundaries and building software that works 24/7. This opportunity can be seized and realized from entry level to executive levels. The company is willing to listen to everyone's opinion and consider it day in and out. The senior executives are willing to acknowledge the challenges, work towards a positive outcome, provide time to coach and setup teams to be highly productive. The company has been transitioning from a startup to an enterprise, and is expanding rapidly to have multinational presence. While some of them may see this as a challenge, I see that as an opportunity to make a huge difference. Anyone who has an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset with customer focus as core attitude, will find Personalis as a place to rock you and elate your career. Not every company is perfect, but any company that is working towards improving it day in and out, is a place to be in, and that's Personalis!

Cons

I see scope for improvements as opportunities to excel. True for any company out there!

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Personalis Response
4y
Thank you so much for your review!

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5.0
Oct 23, 2024
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Pros

I really enjoyed my work and the team was very helpful!

Cons

None that I can think of

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Personalis Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your work and found the team to be helpful.
4.0
Jan 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This is a very exciting mission to be a part of, and 2025 was definitely a year that saw some great developments for this company's reputation and growth. This is a company where most every role will allow you to grow and contribute immensely. Almost everybody seems to become an expert in something that makes them a respected and important part of the team. I have felt very advocated for by my managers and team, since the beginning of the hiring process. They very much want to see me succeed I feel. The office's amenities are quite nice for being a small company, and there's still fairly good flexibility for hybrid work on most teams.

Cons

It's a 24/7 operation, so I and many others will have to think about work even on off days. It's not a strict expectation, but responding to emails or checking messages will often happen outside of the typical 9-5. That all said, I have not felt like my own work/life balance is miserable (I cannot say the same for everyone, though). It takes quite a while to hit a stride of really knowing the ins and outs here. So much knowledge on how to do things is just in peoples' heads, and the experts are frequently too busy to really sit down and walk you through it as you onboard. Learning can take quite a while, and may be overwhelming at first. There are some people who have clearly taken on or been assigned too much responsibility for one person to reasonably maintain, which just doesn't feel fair to them. And it puts pressure on those folks to never really take true time off.

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