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      Genentech

      Part of Roche

      Engaged Employer

      Genentech reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,713 total reviews)
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      Ashley Magargee

      83% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Genentech has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,713 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Genentech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      4K reviews
      4.0
      Mar 1, 2012

      great place to work

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people, work hard, rewarding place to work. The goals of the company make it a rewarding place to work.

      Cons

      With the merger with Roche, Genentech is now part of a very large international organization. This creates challenges of working for an international organization.

      1.0
      Feb 28, 2012

      Not the darling child it once was...very difficult place to be and work.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful campus in San Francisco with excellent amenities such as multiple cafeterias, gym, lounge, campus bus, great views, and decent parking. Standard benefits are very competitive.

      Cons

      Standard benefits are not necessarily much better then competitors. The soft benefits like employee discounts and concierge are shiny add-ons, they don't really add to "great". Management is self involved and not in touch with the front line staff. Promotions are not given where warranted by performance and contribution. Raises are poor in relation to workload and objectives expectations. Communication is poor and untimely, and facts are heavily watered down. There's a general sense of distrust and foreboding. Key information to doing one's job is compartmentalized and siloed so one works is in a vacuum. Compensation is out of line with hours of wirk and amount of work expected -- no work-life balance.

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