Genentech reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,710 total reviews)
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83% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Genentech has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,710 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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4.0
Nov 27, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

1) culture: really smart, decicated, and respectuful colleagues 2) management transparent communication: well, that is pre-Roche period 3) amazing professional growth opportunity: wealth of professional techinical and soft-skill courses to take on campus (and off campus); i'm also lucky to have a wonderful effective manager.

Cons

1) management lack of communication: GNE management are honest that Roche does not share as much information as GNE Sr Leadership did. 2) fearful in loss of compensation and benefits: salary at GNE is on par with market, but what makes GNE extra special is the bonus, benefits, and stock options. we fear that we'll be losing most of our bonus and our wonderful health etc benefits. they have already started to be stingy with lunch meetings, travel, and just about any other little perky-appreciation item. All of us are "demoted" when we come to GNE, e.g. director to manager, manager to associate etc, AND the promotion opportunities are limited, so the bonuses and perks to make up for a big part of why most of us are here.

2.0
Nov 27, 2009

Good place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They responded my application very quickly and they are very nice to the new employees. The city is really good to live in.

Cons

The company is too big and they hire too many people at one time and they was bought by Roush.

3.0
Nov 9, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

health benefits, peers, and helping patients with unmet medical needs

Cons

management needs to create fair career growth opportunities across all functional areas. for example, career growth in the research department takes at least 20-50% longer time than in other functional areas with similar job descriptions and and accomplishments.

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