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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 demographic groups

      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
      Aug 10, 2025

      Used to love it -- now don't like where its heading

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Super smart peers and co-workers Great benefits Wonderful gym on site

      Cons

      Direction is driven by management consultants Huge, meaningless frequent transformations Poor recent hiring decisions by senior leaders Very difficult to advance once you are at a certain level Lack of strong collaboration between departments

      1.0
      Aug 6, 2025

      They bent the knee

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing benefits Wonderful compensation package Learning opportunities

      Cons

      They have bent the knee to the current administration, laying off all their DE&I employees across the U.S. and silencing them. Remove any mention of the word within the company; you can't even acknowledge that Black people are disproportionately affected by medical racism or are underrepresented in clinical trials. When I joined the company, I was proud because they were bold and openly supported increasing the number of people of color in senior leadership. Now, they have a watered-down version of their CDO, which is disheartening to see as the company's transformation. Hopefully, they can return to being progressive and bold, but for now, I don't even recognize them anymore.

      2.0
      Dec 20, 2024

      Not a company it used to be

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company still attracts some great people and depending on who you work with, you may get job satisfaction you are looking for. Benefits are still good (used to be better).

      Cons

      Very poor leadership, company has lost its luster of science first organization. People are scared to speak up and leadership doesn't want to hear about their failures. A lot of great drug developers are no longer there. And company really doesn't care about the employees - one of the employee's spouse had terminal cancer and they terminated them with no health benefits. Not a company that values people. And fairly toxic culture.

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