Genentech reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,715 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 3,715 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
3.0
May 29, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. Shift schedule working 4x10s means overtime with differential pay

Cons

Company is always trying to go lean. Genentech is becoming more like Roche.

5.0
Apr 27, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very supportive, creative, smart colleagues. Supportive culture. Excellent campus and work spaces. Lots of opportunity for learning and to take your ideas forward.

Cons

So much transformation and change all the time. Leaders are rethinking how to lead (from hierarchy to networked and empowered teams) and so it's a bit bumpy at the moment with teams feeling a lack of clear tactical direction from leaders. The vision, ambition and mission are there, but how to get there, teams are relearning how to do this. Career advancement is quite challenging. You can take on lots of different opportunities and experiences, even at the next level, but the HR mechanisms for recognizing and compensating this still hasn't caught up yet, very hierarchical still in terms of needing to be promoted or interview to advance.

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