Genentech reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,717 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 3,717 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
Apr 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It really depends on what group you join. If you get on with a good group than it's a great place to work.

Cons

Sucks to be a contractor. There's a definitely a difference in how contractors are treated compared to permanent employees. If you're a contractor professional development is almost impossible unless you somehow take the initiative to instigate it yourself, but even that is difficult.

5.0
Apr 2, 2016

WAS The Best Company To Work For

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Truly valued their employees and doing business with the patients' as the main focus. Awesome benefits and compensation.

Cons

Became more focused on money than the patient after they were acquired.

4.0
Apr 1, 2016

Great Benefit/ work at least 60 hours a week

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are awesome. Culture is definitely work hard, play hard. Bus, gym, car wash are great. Many networking opportunities. Take advantage of them.

Cons

Work/life balance close to impossible. Workload is uneven depending on your team. Moving around is not as easy as one may think. It depends on who you know. It also depends on management support. Don't accept job as a way to get into Genentech. Make sure you really want job.

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