Codexis Reviews

Pros

Lots of freedom to innovate, layed back culture, good pay and benefits. Company is working on some cool new technologies that will keep you at the cutting edge of science.

Cons

Expensive to live in area, lots of traffic getting to work, sometimes management makes decisions that don't make sense. Not sure about long term viability of the company, especially if economy stays bad for an extended period.

Advice to Senior Management

If you give employees more transparency to the decisions that you take it may make them more motivated to go above and beyond to make your visions a reality.

Pros

nice people
Good work life balance

Cons

opportunity for growth very limited

Advice to Senior Management

need to improve communication

Pros

Plenty of very Smart people
They have a relaxed but serious environment.
Somewhat flexible work schedule
Exciting research opportunities are plentiful

Cons

Long term viability of the company is somewhat questionable since there is a lot of competiton in their space. Seems not likely that all of them will suruve in the long term.

Advice to Senior Management

Find a way to hold on to good people particularly in middle/upper management. Find out if there is a pattern as to why they are leaving.

Pros

past 5p this place is a ghost town, people hardly come in on the weekends - so work life balance is pretty good. people are pretty easy going here, just don't be an idiot.

Cons

hiring like crazy, lots of new people straight out of school. if you're starting out in your career this place is good training grounds, but once you're mid level and ready for advancement, time to look elsewhere because it's hard to be promoted from within unless you've been here for a long long time. Chances of making it into upper management is difficult unless you're being brought in.

Advice to Senior Management

this place probably should reconsider the mid-level employees that perform well and give them a proper career path

Pros

This is a good company for a positive work-life balance. They have a cafeteria where everyone eats lunch, which makes things fun.

Cons

There is a bit of politics at the upper levels. Stay away from it and you will be just fine.

Advice to Senior Management

I would say keep doing what you're doing. Workers are happy and in general the environment is a good one.