Genomic Health Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Genomic Health full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – culture, leadership, truth-seeking, ahead of the curve, giving back to society. Great development programs & healthy work/life balance (work hard, and feel good about what your doing!).

Cons – Cafe food (its gotten a bit better)

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the open-door policy and keep listening to employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Great place to work (if you're not a part of the TA Team)
Friendly employees

Cons – Leaders react more than respond...they lead by their emotions. Have a "sink or swim" mentality, if you don't know their process (as they are too busy to even train you) they will get rid of you.

Have too many lengthy meetings. 1 hour is more than enough...2 hours? Come on, are we in school? No wonder some employees can't get their work done!

"Knives in one hand, candy in the other"...they like to attract top talent but are intimidated by ones who know more or are more experienced than they are.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Genomic Health as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Friendly folks and good facilitates team. They do give a different fruit every week. Many Program /Project mangers in IT are very good at their job.

Cons – Very poor management on IT side. Totally driven by emotions, leaders are non-leaders. The Project managers are not allowed to do their job. Petty minded managers squelch any one who try to improve the process. Any new ideas for automation are not encouraged.

Advice to Senior Management – Shake up IT Allow people who really know what they are doing to do their job and encourage improvements.

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 Genomic Health

Pros – Great product makes employees feel proud to work here. Good culture, good pay, good benefits. Prospects and growth are pluses

Cons – Company culture can be a bit too nice and accountability sometimes lacking. Cross funcitonal unity could be improved. Commercial division acts like its own company and doesn't really seem to be integrated with rest of copany.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Genomic Health

Pros – Dedicated employees
Executives have a long-term outlook/strategy
Growing like crazy

Cons – Not enough headcount to keep up with workload
401k plan isn't competitive with other companies

Advice to Senior Management – Stick with the long term vision, but take a good look at departments that are suffering from lack of headcount or else employees will burn out or leave. Increase the matching funds for the 401k, too.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Genomic Health

Pros – Respects employees, great culture, open communication, good benefits and raises

Cons – Future response to pending regulations is unknown

Advice to Senior Management – Continue with the current company values system

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Genomic Health

Pros – Many external collaborators, auditors and vendors have basically summed it up, "Everyone here is so cheerful!"

As corny as it sounds, it's true. The workplace is comprised of friendly, hard-working, intelligent individuals who cooperate and innovate to contribute to a product we stand by: providing personalized medicine to patients with cancer. At every quarterly all-hands meeting we get to meet and learn the story behind an actual patient whose life was changed as a result of using Genomic Health's ODX Breast product.

By all other standard performance metrics, Genomic Health does just as well. Career advancement and development opportunities are encouraged. Clear, honest communication and a surprising amount of corporate visibility is the example set by upper management that serves as a template for interpersonal exchanges. Compensation is seriously deliberated upon, with emphasis on remaining competitive within the industry and equitable inside the organization. Along these lines, recognition, feedback and bonuses are linked to applaud the commitment employees have to meeting challenges with enthusiasm.

Cons – As Genomic Health continues to grow, typical business growing pains surface: new organizational structures, increased documentation requirements, and a dilution of communication. Given these challenges, Genomic Health is taking a proactive approach by maintaining a culture of truth seeking and honest feedback and a willingness to be flexible in how the organization grows while continuing to progress toward clear, short- and long-term goals.

Advice to Senior Management – The new employee breakfast with Randy was a great experience. I appreciated the opportunity to learn first-hand about his vision and motivations behind starting the company. Maintaining the connection between upper management and task-based employees is a challenge as companies grow, but I'd encourage Randy and the executive team to keep in touch with everyone. There's a lot to be said about feeling visible (and accountable) in an organization.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Genomic Health full-time for less than a year

Pros – Terrific working environment to work in

Cons – Needs clearer growth paths for employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Genomic Health full-time

Pros – On your first day you are handed a book called "Strengths Finder" and you are encouraged to learn about what you truly can bring to the table. The management invests in each employee and empowers them. I feel inspired everyday that I work here and I'm highly motivated. There is no focus on "face time". As long as you contribute and do your part, you are free to have a flexible schedule.

Cons – Some full time employees can be almost too focused on their work and don't take the time to go for lunch/socialize with the new hires and help them integrate more with the group.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the gummy bears and chocolate, I'm gaining weight!! ;)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – You are busy everyday, they pay well, bonus excellent, the people there are all hardworkers and know the product. Great people to work. Great vacation days benefit

Cons – You automatically start working the first day without proper training. Most of the people there are unorganized and provide the wrong information. The interview process takes forever with phone screens, 1st rounds and 2nd rounds and you will end up meeting with at least 7 people per round which at the end you meet 14 people total. You take so many days off to maybe get a job or a no thank you and your time isn't valuable to us. There is no team in the company everyone works as a individual and are too busy to help others. They have way too many contractors who they want to try out and then after they are done with them hire a regular f/t employee to replace them. They hire people with only high school education and no degrees into executive level roles and don't go by what the job description says. The turnover is high due to the fact there is no work life balance its just work all day, the competitors offer better benefit and pay. The cafeteria food is gross. Not highly recommended if you plan to grow in your career. You have tons of vacation days but when you are so busy its hard to take time off. 401k isn't the best program

Advice to Senior Management – Make interviews a priority otherwise you lose valuable candidates. Chose management that would invest in training employees instead of replacing them every few months. Train the management team to put their employees first. There is too much work for one individual. Employees do have a life outside of work let them spend time with their family versus working on projects at home.

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