Genentech Reviews
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Pros
health benefits, peers, and helping patients with unmet medical needs
Cons
management needs to create fair career growth opportunities across all functional areas. for example, career growth in the research department takes at least 20-50% longer time than in other functional areas with similar job descriptions and and accomplishments.
Advice to Senior Management
have more "fair" and specific basic guidelines for career advancement.
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Anonymous in South San Francisco, CA:
“The challenge is not Roche Top Management or Genentech employees. Roche "old-school" employees are the challenge”
Sep 28, 2009
3 found helpful
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Anonymous:
“Best First Job”
Sep 14, 2009
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Senior Programmer Analyst in South San Francisco, CA:
“A great place to do science but career development can be stifling ”
Sep 12, 2009
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Training Manager in South San Francisco, CA:
“General Review”
Aug 20, 2009
1 found helpful
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Senior Director:
“Some geat opportunities but poor officer level leadership”
Aug 2, 2009
4 found helpful
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Anonymous:
“not the same company”
Aug 5, 2009
1 found helpful
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Principal Systems Architect:
“Good job - but a bit old-school”
Jul 29, 2009
1 found helpful
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Anonymous:
“OK place to work.”
Jul 22, 2009
1 found helpful
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Programmer Analyst in South San Francisco, CA:
“IT Organization where success is measured by the size of your pom-pon”
Jul 17, 2009
2 found helpful