Dendreon Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Dendreon full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great office setting. Dynamic workforce

Cons – Bad leadership. Horrible decisions made by leadership

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Dendreon full-time for more than a year

Pros – As a newer company, there are many improvement projects in place and everyone is given the opportunity to participate in projects of their choice. There is also a relaxed workplace attitude.

Cons – There is a great deal of secrecy. Shift schedules are changed very often and without much notice. Many changes are made which make the job more difficult instead of resort.

Advice to Senior Management – SOP changes should involve more input from the department with the most responsibilities as listed on the document.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon

Pros – Dendreon has a great product and it's Seattle office is centrally located downtown. The core employees are great and passionate about what they do.

Cons – Poor leadership communication and feedback on performance. The culture is very inclusive and exclusionary. Also, fiscal responsibility is lacking in some areas.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon

Pros – Pay was the most satisfying thing about Dendreon

Cons – Misleading and under handed company

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon

Pros – Excellent benefits package, gained 5 hours vacation time per pay period.

Cons – Terrible communication between upper management and employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon

Pros – The product potential
Ground breaking personalized medicine
The challenges

Cons – Unable to control spending and grow at a conservative pace

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate with employees and investors, not just doctors

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon

Pros – Great benefits, fast pace and exceptional growth, flexible work structure, casual work environment / culture, you know - curing cancer.

Cons – Serious lack of communication between teams and also between strata of employees to management and vice versa.
Dendreon grew from just 100 employees to 2000 employees in <30 months. Too many people from the CEO down to Associate Directors are more suited to managing a company that is closer to 100 employees.
Over priced market product.
Greedy executives.

Advice to Senior Management – Time to take a step back and re-evaluate who the decision makers are and what their goals ultimately are - there is too much siloing.

When you decide to layoff 25% of the work force, as was performed during the week of 09/05/2011, it would be wise to root out the nepotism before processing the papers.

Don't be afraid to fire people who are not working out at first - in this economy and in an "employment at will" state such as WA - just cut the dead weight.

Current Employee – been working at Dendreon full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Truly make a difference in PC patients lives in a constantly changing environment.

Cons – Management is completely lost/not qualified for this environment. They constantly try and pound round pegs into square holes.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the employees that have tenure.....we are here to build a great company!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon full-time for more than a year

Pros – My colleagues were generally smart, conscientious, and wanted the product to be successful. Solid overall compensation package.

Cons – Refusal to recognize the elephant in the room by senior management and I don't mean just product sales. company seemd to be having trouble turning the corner from quirky R&D to a profitable company.

Advice to Senior Management – the big layoff is probably too little, too late.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Dendreon full-time for more than a year

Pros – The pay and benefits were good, as were training opportunities. Also they promoted from within. Flexible schedule when needed. Technology was up to date. The company's mission is a great one.

Cons – Don't work here if you can't handle extreme ups and downs. When things were good, they were great. But there have been massive layoffs at times.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire business people and not doctors for executive management.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company