Illumina reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(2,569 total reviews)
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Jacob Thaysen

51% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Illumina has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,569 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Illumina 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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3K reviews
3.0
May 4, 2012

none

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Pros

Great team to work with.

Cons

Closed down great team without good reason.

4.0
Apr 18, 2012

good energy, but a little disorganzed

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Pros

The people The technology The vacation policy

Cons

Very political Competitive when we should be cooperating Egos at the top

1.0
Apr 11, 2012

Joke

Anonymous employee
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Pros

One consistent thing I have read in these reviews that is very true is that this place is very fast paced. This forces you to prioritize and will prepare you very well for any other organization (as no one lasts long here, whether it be through their own free will or the company's)

Cons

No respect and no work life balance. Sacrifice of weekends and evenings is consistently not just expected, but required (yes you read that correctly). Poorest quality management I have seen in all my years as a working professional, as there is zero reward for excellent work, hard work, and effort. Only the most blatant of kissing up will get you anywhere here, and it is very sad to see this go on right in front of you. This is due to the very cutthroat and often immature politics that plague this organization. Very blame ridden environment, with lots of blame passed between departments and not very much inter-department collaboration. Company often times appears to refuse to get affairs in order, with everyone scrambling at the last minute due to poor execution and bad leadership, and very unclear direction.

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