Roche Reviews

Pros

Good salary and benefit, people are friendly and helpful, good environment to work, good promotion, vocation time is plenty. I like it.

Cons

too much pressure to handle and very limit promotion inside; organization is not very good and sometime you feel trustrated

Advice to Senior Management

sometime not very helpful to solve the problems, expect to have a big improvement; not very organized and efficient too

Pros

It's salary was higher than other companies and it was a highly prestigious place

Cons

have to work harder than other companies

Advice to Senior Management

some people went up to the ladder faster than normal and that cause many problem there.

Pros

Roche Palo Alto had such a beautiful campus. Most importantly, the company had intelligent, hard working, and pleasant employees which made it so easy to come to work everyday.

Cons

Management needed to communicate more efficiently and it was very unfortunate that with the site closure, a lot of employees were dissatisfied with the communications regarding the events leading up to the closure.

Advice to Senior Management

The employees are basically the engine of the company. A little more consideration would have been much appreciated and would've made the transition so much easier.

Pros

It is quite easy to go over organizational boundaries and hierarchical lines, as well as taking initiatives beyond one's formal job description. New CEO very charismatic, but his inspiring, it would be great if this new style could trickle down through the company.

Cons

Time spent on organizational politics far exceeds that of getting the job done. Pharma and diagnostics completely independent divisions. Scientific and financial background with a very conservative marketing culture. Freedom to experiment but no desire to change, largely fueled by portfolio success. Mix of traditionally decentralized organization and recentralization of a number of function, creating some confusion, compounded by a clash of culture with Genentech's.

Advice to Senior Management

Do not think innovation is limited to scientific research, do not be content to address tomorrow's marketing challenges with yesterday's proven techniques. The slash and burn approach resulting from new senior management team and Genentech acquisition is letting go of a lot of knowledge and experience which is fast becoming counter-productive.

Pros

Great benefits (maternity leave, vacation, retirement plan) package. A good place to learn new skills, a lot of knowledge in R&D. Beautiful campus.

Cons

Unfair promotions (or luck there off), very low salary increase even to the best performers. Poor dissemination of important information from the top down. Very political in some departments.

Advice to Senior Management

Please share information -- you'll get more committed employees, who's decisions would be more educated. Share knowledge across sites -- there is so much lost with Palo Alto closing.

Pros

Depending on department, you may get good support and exposure working in Roche. Roche invests in new technology and hiring.

Cons

Depending on department, the recognition for your work may be minimal. Career advancement is scattered at best with limited support for career development.

Advice to Senior Management

Engage your workforce by better information sharing, job recognition and career advancement and development. Address issues poor management using training.

Pros

good products and thats about it

Cons

poor career development, your just a number the company is just like big pharma metrics and efficiency rubbish!

Advice to Senior Management

get back to basics start empowering people rather than just not trusting them

Pros

Smart people. Great place to work and salaries are very competetive.

Cons

Roche - Genentech Merger has ruined it all for most of us.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop talking about how great Roche will be when you know hundreds of people are on their way out. Show some respect by not always touting how great the site will be when you know people who are losing their jobs are in the audience.

Pros

Management is very concerned with employee personal and career development. They take time each month to discuss your career goals, and give you advice on how to reach them. They also proactively make connections with people in those fields to try and give you exposure.

Cons

As a customer service associate, the job becomes very repetitive when you are on the phone for 8 hours straight.

Advice to Senior Management

I really do not have advice for management, as the only downside is the repetitive nature of the position. This cannot be fixed, and the selection process must obtain people who are willing to work this type of position.

Pros

Ethical approach.
Meritocratic environment.
Good rewards and recognitiion scheme.
Ability to prgress your career both within the affiliate and globally.

Cons

There are no real downsides except the culture shock when moving hear from America where people tend to be more friendly upon first meeting them.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be great to see more women in leadership roles as it does sometimes appear to be somewhat an old boys club.