Genentech reviews

Contracted employees routed through Apex Systems and offered terrible benefits. Extremely expensive for little to no coverage. Overworked lab staff and refusal to hire adequate number of technicians. Micromanage your time and being casually social with coworkers in the office is discouraged. Allowed other employees to bully and use less experienced technicians to do their work. Little opportunity for advancement within the labs, pay not adequately adjusted to keep up with cost of living.

Basically everything related to culture. -Maybe you'll have a team outing twice a year if that, no sense of community within departments -One manager for a lot of employees so barely any time to discuss career opportunities, feels like very limited interaction with manager -Promotion structure is terrible if you're entry-mid level and only happens in infrequent cycles (once-twice a year max). So many hoops to jump through to get promoted, but they're more than happy to bring in external hires above you that you'll end up training. -Management is out of touch with their employees experience despite receiving feedback -High contractor turnover so always dealing with people "getting up to speed"