Gilead Sciences Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Gilead Sciences full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Nice Salary, Commission and Stock Options

Cons – Senior management is very anal and self serving

Advice to Senior Management – Get your head out your a......

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

Pros – great opportunities for professional growth and development

Cons – fast growth is not always managed well

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

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

Pros – Compensation is respectable; Pay for performance
Very defined culture (it is either for you or not)
Very smart peers/colleagues so you can learn a lot here
Job Security- great pipeline and company is growing faster than infrastructure can accommodate
Company value and therefore total compensation

Cons – Low rewards/recognition
Must prepared to work a lot of hours
Everyone is doing the job of 2 people
Lots of turnover

Advice to Senior Management – Keep making smart decisions for the organization.

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

Former Employee – worked at Gilead Sciences full-time

Pros – Successful products and good pipeline. Multi-task culture so always working on some projects. Neat campus and good location.

Cons – Changing project frequently w/o clear instruction. Heavy workloads demand overtime. Nobody cares if you work hard in lab and get the work done. People are more interested in generating bunch of schemes and tables to attract sight from managers. No clear channel for communication, seems everybody is in the middle of something. If you want a balance of work and family, it is not the right place.

Advice to Senior Management – First resource of a company is people. This industry is very competitive, giving some free space for people to thrive. Appreciate creativity from experienced person.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Good experience, fast-paced, most people around you are very motivated.

Cons – High level of disparity in the way management treats employees. No rhyme or reason to promotion process. Lots of politics. High level of burnout/turnover and complaining around you constantly which is demotivating. Most people do the job of 1.5-2 employees as the company prides itself in being "lean". Company spends very little on keeping employees happy.

Advice to Senior Management – Management needs to learn to respect employees equally. Managers need to be trained together so they behave cohesively as a group. Level of politics need to decrease in order for people to stay.

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

Former Employee – worked at Gilead Sciences full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits and site specific perks. (i.e. Bagel Wednesdays, onsite gym, passport discounts)
Medications/treatments really do improve patients lives
Work with some very talented people

Cons – Culture
Working environment
Lack of respect for employees
No real development of existing employees
Most employees seem very unhappy in the jobs
Work/Life balance is just for appearance. It is not really encouraged

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Gilead Sciences as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Very nice campus, safe, always, many places to eat, scenic, management worked 8-9 hr days most of the time...

Cons – All the avian excrement on the ground...

Advice to Senior Management – Celebration really helps

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

Former Employee – worked at Gilead Sciences

Pros – Friendly Working Environment and learned alot of things

Cons – I had a great experience, no cons.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great drugs. Have a gym. Free bagels on Wednesdays. Employees have opportunity to contribute to business growth.

Cons – Ineffective upper management.
Outdated attitudes regarding GMP compliance.
Ineffective systems for business operations and compliance.
Not enough staff to get day-to-day work completed in a timely manner.

Advice to Senior Management – The Foster City site is no longer an R&D company that can do things in an ad-hoc manner. The outdated culture no longer supports the employees needs.
Hold your managers and directors accountable.
Bring in senior, experienced staff from other biotech/pharma companies to fix the problems that have resulted from outdated business and compliance attitudes and business processes.

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

Former Employee – worked at Gilead Sciences full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Relocation package is good, especially for people relocating from other states;
Full of learning opportunities if you are willing to search for them.

Cons – Bad culture, lots of politics, high work load.

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