Helix reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(118 total reviews)
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James Lu

86% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Helix has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Helix 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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118 reviews
2.0
Sep 17, 2019

A great place to work until it went downhill

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

- Great mission - Strong hires - Science team is strong

Cons

- Plagued with incompetent upper management that are afraid to get their hands dirty - Process placed in places where it's not necessary - Downhill in culture (San Diego office is a different story. San Carlos office has really suffered) - Startup ran like a big corporation - Unclear about priorities and OKRS

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Helix Response
6y
I'd like to start off by saying that myself or the Helix Leadership Team are open to hearing your feedback and we'd like to help you feel happier and/or clarify your concerns. Come talk to us! With our new focus and our 4-year experiences, we know what's important and we know what we need to do to achieve our goals. We've shared annual and quarterly OKRs at the all-hands meetings and in the next all-hands, we'll be going over where we landed on Q3 OKRs. If you are not clear on your priorities, please have a conversation with your manager. Helix has a culture of learning, transparency, feedback, and collaboration because of the type of work we do. There's always room to improve and as a start-up, we have the opportunity to make changes and create. We hope that you are able to get clarity on your concerns and continue on this journey with us, that from the exciting news shared yesterday at the all-hands, we have a lot of work to do! -Romina
5.0
Sep 12, 2019

Creating Value is Hard

Recommend
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Pros

The science and the mission is real, people will have healthier outcomes. Coworkers are great: humble, positive, smart, hard working (shout out to the SanDiego office) Total comp including all the benefits is good for a startup Ok work/life balance (better than most startups) Still learning lots of neat things

Cons

There is a lot of work: as a mature startup there's the older stuff that got us here and the new urgent stuff that makes the future look bright. Hopefully the hardest part (pivot away from an untenable business model and reducing spending) is behind us.

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Helix Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback! You're right, there is a lot of work and we are focused on the great opportunities we have. It's an exciting time to make an even bigger impact at Helix! We know that our teams are our asset and the more that we can all talk about opportunities, challenges, information, etc., the better we will be together. If you want to chat further, feel free to reach out to me or any of the leadership team - they're always open to having a conversation. - Romina
1.0
Aug 23, 2019

People at the top who remain must be closely examined

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Time to look at the remaining executive team

Cons

Leaders by title? Or are executive level titles backed by merit and accomplishments?

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Helix Response
6y
Thank you kindly for your feedback and advice. I’m saddened that you left with this perception of Helix and our management team, and would have loved the opportunity to chat directly prior to your departure. I would have been happy to share with you my own perspectives on the company’s journey, which, as I’m sure you know, I have been close to since inception. We started with the mission to empower every person to improve their life through DNA. Like most start-ups, Helix had a business model which was unique, and needed to be proven out. Over time, it became clear to all of us (the company, board and investors) that following the highly successful Healthy Nevada Project (HNP) with our partner Renown, the most effective way to achieve our mission would be to focus on more opportunities like HNP. The work done to date at Helix enabled that focus, by creating some unique assets that are now key components of our Population Health Solution. I’m appreciative of the work done by everyone at Helix, including the senior members of our team, to create the company that we are today, and to enable us to make the changes we needed to make as quickly and effectively as we did so that we could focus on the opportunities that we have ahead of us with a solid, stable foundation. I’m excited to move forward with this team to deliver on our mission. - Marc
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