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      Natera

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      Natera reviews

      3.7

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (1,121 total reviews)
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      Steve Chapman

      80% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Natera has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,121 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Natera employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      1K reviews
      4.0
      Oct 5, 2015

      Fast growing, cutting edge biotech company

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Participating in building the next generation of health care products. Working with exceptional people in engineering, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Actually building products that help people. Company also has nice perks such as catered lunches, stocked kitchens and weekly happy hours.

      Cons

      The company grew a lot, very quickly. This could probably have been managed better.

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      Natera Response
      10y
      It's fantastic to hear your feedback that you feel you're participating in advancing technology and products that help people. You are right; we did grow very quickly. There is a special culture at Natera initially set by those who began very early with the company and we want to see that culture continue to thrive with our ever-growing work force. We count on your voice and feedback on how we achieve this. In addition, we are implementing other mechanisms for feedback such as 360 reviews and targeted engagement strategies customized to address the particular needs of each department. Although culture is a continual work in progress, it is particularly helpful when employees take the initiative to participate in our internal surveys and reach out to HR or Culture teams to help maintain and enhance our culture to be it's best.
      1.0
      Sep 28, 2015

      Favoritism everywhere

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lunches 3x a week A break room and a gym

      Cons

      If you are not your manager's favorite, no one will look promote you. Do not waste your time, people always complain about the same things: underpaid and overworked, but nothing changes. It's a waste of time to work hard.

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      Natera Response
      10y
      Thank you for your feedback. We are currently in the process of implementing 360 reviews. With this in place, there will be added opportunity for you to address your concerns as well as targeted engagement strategies to address each team's specific needs. This will enable managers to better understand and become more accountable for their team's particular issues and set standards for promotion opportunities. We absolutely value and appreciate your hard work and that of every employee. We continually look for ways to recognize and thank our people.
      1.0
      Sep 23, 2015

      RUN! Don't just walk away.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -fully catered lunches (pretty yummy actually) -dog friendly -clean gyn -clean office environment But were at a time where these should be considered normal not "perks". Can't think of any young company which doesn't offer these as part of a standard work environment in this day and age. The company itself is doing good work and is making changes in women's healthcare.

      Cons

      These reviews are all true, and management is a big problem. Your not valued at all at Natera and a recent and sudden departure of someone which has rocked multiple departments proves that. We are all treated as if we are dispensable and that does not make make anyone happy to come to work. Don't try to brush this off as growing pains. Growing pains are running out of office space or not having well defined job roles, not being unhappy and underappreciated. Pay is also under market. The IPO was cool but not all of us were given stock so there is a divide between the ones who got stocks and the ones who didn't. Above everything is the poor management of those who are supposed to lead and guide you and make you strive to do better. There are no leaders at Natera, only yellers. The second you make one mistake, you'll hear about it from 8 different people within an hour, or just not hear about it at all and then just get fired. It's a toxic work environment and all the recent turnover is proof of that. We've had employees quit after two or three weeks...is that not a sign that somthing needs to change? The job responsibility varies in a company like this because we have customer support, research, laboratory operations, marketing/commercial, etc. all under one roof but no one truly seems happy.

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      Natera Response
      10y
      Thank you for your feedback. We are currently in the process of implementing 360 reviews. With this in place, there will be added opportunity for you to address your concerns as well as targeted engagement strategies to address each team's specific needs. This will enable managers to better understand and become more accountable for their team's particular issues and set standards for promotion opportunities. We absolutely value and appreciate your hard work and that of every employee. We continually look for ways to recognize and thank our people. Please take the initiative by reaching back to us to help shape and improve the culture and experiences of our people.
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