Roche Reviews

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

Pros – great people and culture, always striving to be better - from individual contributors to sr. management

Cons – I heard salary is on the lower end

Current Employee – been working at Roche full-time

Pros – Great people and high caliber science

Cons – many structural changes make it hard to do long research projects

Advice to Senior Management – Stay a course and stick with it

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

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

Pros – Good company to work with benefits.

Cons – Depends on your manager and their style

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

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

Pros – Benefits, Sabbaticals, and parties, most of the people who work here are cool, but you have some tight wads now who are running things

Cons – Too big, not innovative enough, very European style of management

Advice to Senior Management – Foster innovation by rewarding innovation, not talking about it

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

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

Pros – Great people
Individual development is greatly encouraged
Prestige
Solid and stable
Competitive Pay and Great Benefits/Perks

Cons – Decisions are made slowly
Integration with Genentech has lead to many re-orgs and layoffs
Doesn't always feel talent retention is a priority these days

Advice to Senior Management – Consider more efforts to retain talent

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Roche full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good work environment. Good product ideas. Staff work together to meet goals. Has large parent company, Roche, for support. Good benefits. Intelligent staff.

Cons – Competitive market means rapid, 4 year development cycles. QC, QA and Manufacturing are on the East coast and Research, Development, Marketing, Business Development, Regulatory and the Administrative center are in Pleasanton which makes maintaining good communication important.

Advice to Senior Management – You will increase efficiency and have more product success if you listen to your lower staff's suggestions

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – - Good team environment
 - Easy to get to know fellow employees
 - Very employee oriented

Cons – - Poor quality of management
 - Very intricate business processes that change constantly
 - Certain departments are overworked and cannot practically lend needed support

Advice to Senior Management – - Change business processes/culture to make then more user friendly
 - Implement management education/training to improve interaction with employees

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 Roche full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Large company, so more stable by comparison
Great benefits
Career growth opportunities

Cons – Large company, so adapting to change can be a slow painful process

Advice to Senior Management – Never forget that your people are your biggest/best commodity

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

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

Pros – Good Science, good management and great benefits

Cons – The Nutley NJ site is closing soon , by end of 2013

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Great people to work with. Team spirit.

Cons – Processes undefined. Rigid to certain things.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to be open to creative solutions, flexibility for employees, reward

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