At the end, it became just another job with another crappy work environment
Pros
Pay is decent as are health benefits; good 401k matching program; many departments allow work from home a few days during the week.
Cons
Roche has completely changed its culture over the last 10 years from being "family like" oriented; looking out for one another; helping each other; and happy for the success of not only the company but fellow co-workers to one of: backstabbing at every turn; massive CYA on every project or assignment; no decision making because of fear of losing your job; an environment of making it necessary to be "one of the good ole boys/girls" (i.e. exceptional work no longer gets you promoted...now it is ONLY who you know higher up and how much have you kissed that person 's rear); HUGE HR discipline issues...they HAVE to blame someone so make sure you do what everyone else does and massively CYA (you will be disciplined for things that you didn't even do...I was given a written warning and documented counseling for the failure of a project that I and 12 others were assigned to complete over the course of 12 months, and the part that needed my assistance was at the end (still 6 months away from being discussed)...I was not even invited to the initial meetings because they didn't need me, but it became a total guilt by association).
