Ultragenyx reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(245 total reviews)
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Emil Kakkis

67% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ultragenyx has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 245 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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245 reviews
1.0
Sep 3, 2014

company has organizational challenges

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Pros

i think there are good and fun people in the lower and middle ranks of various departments, including regulatory, clinical operations and CMC. everyone is making very good money from our stock options. the company was more than generous with the grants. good snacks and flexible work.

Cons

Our clinical group is in disarray. one of our leaders left and he was holding together the group and driving and supporting many of the projects. he was good at protecting us in the lower ranks from office politics and a great manager. many people in this company do not like each other. more leadership and functional heads need training on treating employees well. us lower level employees need to be engaged more by sr. mgmt. hierarchy here is more like a big company even though we are less than 100. most employees staying for the stock options. blantant favoritism to previous biomarin employees.

1.0
Aug 9, 2014

disorganized

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Pros

good work life balance, many people work from home, good pay with generous stock options. company has many clinical programs.

Cons

there is an inordinate amount of infighting and office politics. significant dearth of leadership in sr. mgmt. incompetent or underskilled people in important positions. treatment of people is not in concordance with contributions. in a small company, i wouldnt have expected such a strict hierarchy where mgmt thinks they are above employees and doesn't listen

2.0
Jul 23, 2014

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Pros

Pipeline has several drugs. Pay is good. Flexible hours. Some people take lots of vacation. Good location for north and east bay residents.

Cons

Highly political. Department fiefdoms. A few incompetent people in high positions. Understaffed in some functions. Overstaffed in others. Focused on stock price

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