Is Roche a good company to work for?

Roche has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 10,882 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 82% of employees would recommend working at Roche to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Roche have been left by employees working as Summer Intern , Intern and Field Applications Specialist .

Does Roche pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Roche employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Roche. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Roche?

82% of Roche employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Roche 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Roche?

Intern (279) , Internship (169) , Estagiário (130) , Project Manager (119) , Manager (112) , Scientist (96) , Product Manager (84) , Senior Scientist (72) , Data Scientist (71) , Field Service Engineer (61) , Director (58) , Software Engineer (57) , Senior Software Engineer (56) , Business Analyst (54) , Principal Scientist (48)

What are the pros of working at Roche according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good but used to be better...job security used to be good but now is gone forever." ((in 818 reviews)); "Great culture and focus on people" ((in 551 reviews)); "Great place and people with objectives that benefits society" ((in 461 reviews)); "Good work life balance (one of the best in the companies that I have worked for)" ((in 407 reviews)); "Stability and good salary compared to other companies" ((in 268 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Roche according to real employee reviews?

"In some departments management is poor and doesn't control the business and the internal processes." ((in 231 reviews)); "Managers don't fully understand all areas of business and many lack skills to build sustainable processes and develop people" ((in 101 reviews)); "Some portions of senior leadership in Tucson are creating an environment of fear and finger pointing." ((in 88 reviews)); "Senior management can be obtuse, HR processes are achingly slow, a lot of institutionalised people" ((in 41 reviews)); "No career development" ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about Roche layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Roche locations?

Indianapolis , Tucson , Pleasanton , Santa Clara , Branchburg , Nutley , South San Francisco , San Francisco , San Jose , New York , Palo Alto , Oro Valley , Fishers , Seattle , Boston , Los Angeles , Ponce , Branford , Florence , Carlsbad , Atlanta , Madison , Chicago , Newark , Charlotte , San Diego , Vacaville , Salt Lake City , Belmont , Saint Louis

Roche reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,447 total reviews)

Thomas Schinecker

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Roche has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,447 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Roche 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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6K reviews

1.0

Feb 23, 2011

Roche Molecular not only promotes, but also inspires under-performance!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work is pretty slow, so lot of leisurely time.

Cons

1. The company has a history of under-performance - its performance is significantly low as compared to its competitors. 2. More emphasis on physical presence than actual work being done. Don't have deadlines if you already intend to miss/push it. That sends the message that you are not serious. 3. 2-3 hour lunches are a norm rather than a luxury. Coming late and leaving early is fashionable too. 4. The recession saw a lot of good people leave and bad ones stay because of favoritism. Lot of politics, blame-game and favoritism. 5. HR-your job should be to find and RETAIN good workers; not to terminate them based on some man-made, inflexible rules.

5.0

Feb 19, 2011

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities to train and get further education abound. Excellent infra-structure.

Cons

No downsides specific of Roche, but as with any large corporation, change may take some time to happen, upward mobility in promotion ranks can be slow. had excellent managers and others not so good.

3.0

Feb 18, 2011

I like working for this company but organizational complexity is high needing extra effort to get things done.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job security is good. Business model is sound. Senior management is new, fresh and optimistic. Work life balance is acceptable.

Cons

Business model is in transition leading to some levels of chaos. Middle management is not experienced enough to manage this.

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