Genentech reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,709 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 3,709 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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1.0
Feb 17, 2026
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Pros

- Pay/benefits are good for Oregon. About the best manufacturing plant to be at in the area aside from Intel. Not good for a major pharmaceutical company though, especially the benefits

Cons

- No leadership at Hillsboro, none. No one is held responsible for their work scope. The main job at Hillsboro is avoiding work. People wear sweatpants to work at jobs where they make over 100K at. This isn't a tech company. - You'll spend most of your time figuring out who is responsible for a task only to have the responsible group try to avoid it when you finally track them down. - Engineering leadership is pretty spectacular as well. Try nailing down the Directors to do their jobs. Not sure they've ever worked as Engineers with their low level of technical knowledge on plant systems. - Quality seems like they're fairly miserable at the site. A lot of people pulling long hours to compensate for bad business processes and managers

1.0
Feb 10, 2026

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Good pay for the area as this site is paid equivalent to the Oceanside, CA

Cons

- This is the only pharmaceutical facility in the area. You have no options if you leave Genentech. -Talent level at the site is rock bottom. There are no close by facilities to pull from (Bend, OR has a few). Anyone with experience has to be recruited from out of state. - You have to move groups/departments to pick up a raise - Hours are long here for salary workers - Site is likely to close in the next 5-7 years. Holly Springs is a brand new fill/finish facility. Genentech has underinvested in Hillsboro. The site can barely run its out of date fill lines. This site is very expensive to run given salaries and how much relocation costs the company.

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