Genentech reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(3,708 total reviews)
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81% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Genentech has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,708 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
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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.

5.0
Jul 29, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of resources, great company, smart people

Cons

In IT, at least, they are a bit slow out-of-the-gate about a lot of things (SAP implementation, for example) - though that is somewhat balanced by the recent "rush to all things Google" (which is really outsourcing your IT to competent engineers.

4.0
May 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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