Genentech reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,714 total reviews)
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Ashley Magargee

83% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Genentech has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,714 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
Oct 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to learn High level of collaboration Focus on patients

Cons

Upward mobility for IC's is and has been the Achille's heel of Genentech. It's glacial. Hyper-focus on AI/ML has come somewhat at the expense of letting the science speak. Everything feels rushed, which doesn't necessarily translate to developing great medicines. Uncharacteristically high amount of layoffs recently, heavily weighted towards IC's. Way too much mid-level management people who contribute little.

4.0
Sep 14, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with smart, committed research and development experts. Great collaborations. Help create life-saving medicines.

Cons

New focus on quarterly earnings calls vs. long-term thinking and game-changing science. Recent influx of non-experts from "big-3" consultanting company alumni prioritizing hype over substance.

3.0
Sep 10, 2024

Less Science More Profit

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good people to work with, no drama.

Cons

It's supposed to be a science-based organization but all leadership cares about is profit. Science is being diminished for the sake of profit. As a human living on this earth, this concerns me. Senior leadership lies to employees, won't respond to questions.

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