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      Genentech

      Part of Roche

      Engaged Employer

      Genentech reviews

      4.0

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,711 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 3,711 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
      Apr 3, 2017

      Mediocre men making their way up the food chain by shameless self=promotion and fawning all over senior management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good steady employment. The GNE brand is deteriorating however.

      Cons

      ypical perks (sushi! ping pong tables! a cool concert! self congratulatory emails about great drugs for a minuscule 5 of the population, since they are mostly unaffordable) are there to keep you distracted from the BIG perks you don't get----like pay and promotion based on expertise, competency, and ability to get things done.

      4.0
      Feb 19, 2017

      Improvement Needed

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent 401k, commuting options, gym facility, and cafeterias. Work life balance is encouraged in departments that I've interacted with. Highly appreciate that safety culture is respected and enforced properly.

      Cons

      Favoritism is insanely blatant in the small molecule organization. External resources/designated time to work on publications are only given to those considered as favorites. People who are not favorites ALWAYS leave after a promotion if they are lucky enough to receive one. Trickle down effect applies to this issue as well. If your manager is not a favorite, expect to leave if you want true career progression/acceleration. Pay for the SR level is not competitive at all with other professions in the Bay Area thereby forcing those within the career track to live in East Bay if they want to own a home/raise a family. Leadership repeatedly says they are addressing the challenge but have offered no real propositions/progress on the problem in the last 2 years. Experience is valued over everything else yet the company is not investing nearly enough in retaining employees. Employees pick up on this disconnect fast and the organization has been bleeding talent through attrition for quite some time now.

      3.0
      Dec 20, 2016

      Once great company ready for a fall

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pipeline seems to be as good as any other company at the moment. Great summer concert for employees and nice sabbatical program every six years.

      Cons

      Seems like an issue with employee retention over the last year or so which is a little concerning to me for the future of the company. Salary and benefits seem to lag with the current reality of living in San Francisco or the bay area.

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