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3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

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Ashley Magargee

83% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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1.0
Nov 4, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Well, there is always food if you forget your lunch, and no one cares if you eat the leftovers. Front line is friendly for the most part, the ones not on the phone because they are socializing and brown nosing the supervisors and managers. Feels like a continuation of school. Lots of girls thou!!!!! They definitely hire more females than males so it's a great places for hook ups.

Cons

If you are not liked you will not get anywhere no matter if you meet their metrics and do solid work. Several of the supervisors are pompous, illiterate people that have been promoted to these positions based on who they know and if they are liked OR are a family member /friend of someone there. The Program Managers for the most part are all"friends" and cover each other, making life hell for the front line if one manager doesn't like you, its all over they tell their other "manager' friends and make your life hell, OH and let's not forget when NSM comes along, its a BIG party for members of the LT- PMs and supervisors to "hook up", there are countless unnecessary off-sites, money foolishly spent while there are patients that can't afford GNE medicines that we make extremely expensive. Supervisors post unprofessional photos of themselves flicking off the camera and skimpy attire on Facebook for everyone to see, yet these are the people we are suppose to look up to and respect? I have never worked for a company like this before, everyone takes advantage of it. Very sad.

5.0
Oct 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with the smartest and best people in biotech. Resources are unmatched - whatever is needed to do your job is always at your fingertips or can be delivered to you asap. Benefits and perks are awesome.

Cons

The pay is lower than other biotech companies nearby. I had a friend, also a postdoc, who was making 15K a year more at a company next door (same South San Francisco). The biggest con for being a postdoc was the fact they are hiding you from all really cool and pipeline-related projects. Also, the focus is 100% on publications, regardless if it can ever become a product or not, which seems odd and wasteful.

3.0
Oct 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are great!

Cons

No career path for administrative employees

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Genentech Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It’s great to hear your appreciation for our benefits. We’re happy we can offer competitive programs that support creating lifestyles that help you bring your best to work and life. We are also continually evolving our career development programs and sorry to hear you feel like there’s a lack of a career path in your area. Embracing opportunities to broaden skills and experience and/or getting to know more areas of the business are a few ways to explore new possibilities. We also encourage you to connect with our Career Lab to help support your journey. Thank you again for your comments!
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