Ultragenyx reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(246 total reviews)
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Emil Kakkis

66% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ultragenyx has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 246 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ultragenyx 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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246 reviews
2.0
Nov 30, 2018

AD/Dir Level

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The CEO. He is a passionate visionary who has built a wonderful company that drives to provide patients access to medicines for rare diseases. Team relationships are overall very collaborative and people have mutual respect for one another.

Cons

Everything else. This company is top heavy...too many Executive Directors and VPs that don't belong in that position. The problem is further compounded when promotions are granted very liberally in some departments and scarcely in many others. Long-term employees who have worked hard should be rewarded with promotions rather than giving promotions because we want to prevent people from leaving the company. Management...one person who is completely underqualified is the head of PM. He talks much about ownership regarding company initiatives and project-specific deliverables, but delegates much of it and provides no real tangible guidance. I think many believe he is not qualified to sit in his position and he provides no benefit to the company.

1.0
May 3, 2016

Too political and unorganized

Anonymous employee
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Pros

CEO is passionate and stock options are generous to the early employees

Cons

Too much politics has been brought up from people from either Genentech or Amgen. The company is unorganized in most of the departments. Work load is insane at most departments. Life work balance is horrible. Promotion only goes to the people are favored by upper management. People are suffering and hate their job but choose to stay for stock options. Many people left the company in a short term.

2.0
Jan 21, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I don't think Ultragenyx (UGNX) is a bad company. The CEO intentions are in the right place and he tries to keep his employees happy. The benefits and the flexible work schedules are above most companies.

Cons

I think it's time for the CEO to review his management staff. If you’re looking to grow in the Clinical Operations (CO) Department, then UGNX is not the company for you. UGNX CO department severely lacks qualified management, efficiency and quality. CO has a very high turnover and employee growth is not the priority. Management is hoping to grow with your experience, so your growth is not even on the table. Look into another company if you want to grow and advance in the Clinical Operations Department.

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