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      Genentech

      Part of Roche

      Engaged Employer

      Genentech reviews

      4.0

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,710 total reviews)
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      Ashley Magargee

      83% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      Genentech has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,710 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
      2.0
      Jul 4, 2019

      The Cons in US Drug Safety Outweighed the Pros of Being at Genentech

      Drug safety
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Nice campus - Decent perk - Good company overall (outside of US Drug Safety)

      Cons

      The senior management team in US Drug Safety is the worst group of managers I've experienced in my career. They lack integrity, are extremely manipulative, play favorites, attempt to use fear as a motivator, and take credit for other people's success. If you speak up, then you will be reprimanded.

      1.0
      Aug 30, 2018

      Portfolio Gap

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Hard working smart people committed to patients Good salaries and benefits Flexible working now actively encouraged

      Cons

      Some big product failures mean there is a 4 year gap in the portfolio Senior Management masqueradading job cutting as an 'agile transformation'. Top talent seeing through the smoke and mirrors and jumping ship while a lot of mediocre middle managers hang on to their jobs for dear life Speaking truth to power will curtail careers

      3.0
      Mar 28, 2018

      Value tenure not quality of managers

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay/benefits, transport support, fun colleagues, strong purpose, some leaders are great and it shows in their teams work

      Cons

      classic big company problem - they put up with bad management and so are losing top talent. If someone has been in the company for a long time then their performance is never questioned. They do these satisfaction surveys every few years - again and again employees indicate there is the same problem but HR does nothing. Bad leadership behavior is tolerated and ignored. Lip service to "Speak Up" culture. Does the CEO even know how his direct reports are managing? After a while there is loss of credibility and trust.

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