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
Jun 15, 2009

Bomb job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great food, great pay, great times.

Cons

Far commute if you're not living in San Francisco.

4.0
May 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture. Hands down, we all make a difference, are encouraged to be innovative and to speak up. Great benefits. You work for a great cause, making a difference in patients lives. Some areas really care about work life balance, but this is not across 100% of the company. It really depends on what area you work in. Flexibility is great...telecommute is pretty much across the company as well as flexible work hours.

Cons

Now, Roche. Communication not great within the company at cross functional levels. Still so many new people, that try to come in and do things their way, instead of following established ways. To many middle managers that are not mentored. Managers spend to much time in ambiguous meetings or working on initiatives for their own promotion. Hard time to come into Genentech since Roche is taking over.

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