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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4K reviews
5.0
Sep 14, 2009

Best First Job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People with a passion for helping others, collaborative, mostly non-competetive environment, progressive thinking, strong executive leadership, great work-life balance opportunities, great benefit package, gym on campus, great food and celebration rituals.

Cons

There aren't really that many downsides that I can think of about Genentech. With any large company, there is a degree of beaucracy, and Genentech has more of that than most other large companies due to the stringency of the FDA.

3.0
Dec 20, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, flexible work hours. Cafeteria is awesome! Gride is terrific-would not have been able to do the long commute everyday without the GenenBuses.

Cons

No path for short-term employees to turn to regular full-time employees. With the recent Roche merger, it's more difficult than ever and a lot of people are dissatisfied within the company.

4.0
Dec 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting edge technology for sales staff (iPhones, Macs, etc.) Forward thinking Great products Leader in biotech

Cons

Don't know how to go about doing a layoff

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