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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
      5.0
      May 1, 2010

      Great place to work, not so easy to get ahead

      Senior project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Some of the best reasons to work at Genentech are that they have a great corporate culture, impressive benefits, adopt innovative ideas, foster diversity, inclusion, and believe that all employees are valuable contributors by distributing responsibility and decision making.

      Cons

      While the work is rewarding, it is difficult to get a sense of how to get ahead.

      4.0
      Apr 25, 2010

      Great place to work as Genentech. Unsure once all of Roche's changes take place after 2010

      Clinical appeals specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, lots of perks, public transit encouraged, patient-focused, competitive salaries.

      Cons

      No option to work from home, no part-time option, no job-sharing no flexibility with schedule. It seems Genentech is stuck in old-school ways of doing work and is not willing to adopt to new ways in order to keep employees. Managers are many times promoted based on seniority rather than capability or competence. This results in many incompetent managers.

      4.0
      Apr 21, 2010

      Just getting started.

      Programmer analyst ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Companies so far is great. Compensation is pretty good, benefits are very good. People seem to enjoy working here. They will get whatever tool you need to do the job (software, hardware, etc)

      Cons

      Roche merger is murky: will benefits change? will culture change? Probably will change at least slightly for the worst, my exposure to the Swiss business culture paints them as a more rigid crew and will probably want to reign in spending and perks and bring more corporate culture to a place that still has a hint of that start-up feel. Information is not shared very well here. I am outside the main IT groups, so as a software engineer, I am constantly digging for information. With that said, people are a little naive on large projects and completely underestimate the development time.

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