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      Genentech

      Part of Roche

      Engaged Employer

      Genentech reviews

      4.0

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,710 total reviews)
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      Ashley Magargee

      83% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      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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      4K reviews
      4.0
      Aug 20, 2009

      General Review

      Training manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Recognition of your work directly benefiting the patient. Great work hard play hard ethic. They know how to party. Occasional big corporate events create very memorable impressions that remain with you throughout your working life. Great upper management team - visionary, great communicators and inspiring.

      Cons

      Middle manger quality very variable. Tendency to work in silos.

      2.0
      Aug 5, 2009

      not the same company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      working at a company that does make a difference to the patients and their families lives makes going to work worthwhile, enabling them to live longer if just by a few months make a qorld of difference.

      Cons

      the Roche comglomerate is making changes to the company that will be detrimentral in the long run both the company and eventually the patients. the 'brain drain' has become significant enough that the future pipeline is jepordized

      2.0
      Aug 2, 2009

      Some geat opportunities but poor officer level leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A personal pride that comes with knowing you work for Genentech. The satisfaction of feeling like you can actually take part in rather senior level type of decisionmaking even if you are not at a senior level.

      Cons

      Officer level leadership treats employees like children, giving them virtually no input to the pedantic budget process or overall vision of the department. Sometimes I thought that the most senior management genuinely didn't understand technology. Even the simplest decisions like hiring mid-level staff have to go through extensive review at the VP level. Also, and the worst part -- senior management doesn't even know or care about the "bread and butter" services we provide, sometimes it's like these things are actively DISLIKED.

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