CRISPR Therapeutics Reviews

Pros

- people here are really focused on making medicines that help patients and making the most impact possible - new office in Boston is very nice and modern, there's great energy in this new building

Cons

- people move at a face pace so if you are someone who prefers a slower work environment, this may not be the place for you - the company has grown fast so some people don't know each other across programs and functions

Pros

Good culture and good work life balance

Cons

Be better at informing about finances

Pros

Good benefits for family planning, technology is promising

Cons

The senior leadership has absolutely no clue what they are doing. Horrible favoritism and the people in power have little to no relevant experience (mostly ex- consultants who think they know it all). They have no direction as a company, it seems like the only goal they have is to make deals and sell off assets randomly. They allow bullying and toxic behavior by senior executives at partner companies, and they don’t defend their own employees or people, the senior management are the first ones to throw them under the bus.

Pros

Preeminent gene editing company with smart, innovative, high-performing people. Diverse therapeutic areas/modalities in distinct franchises. Each franchise is like a small biotech so opportunity for a long-term career development by moving across different franchises.

Cons

There is blatant favoritism. The top level inner circle is a handful of young management consultants. There is zero interest in valuing experienced drug developers ideas and perspectives. McKinsey training is valued above all else. The lack of experience is going to be detrimental to the future success of the company .

Pros

1. A good place to build experience in developing gene editing therapies before moving on to better companies that compensate employees fairly and treat them like human beings. 2. If you're into learning by example, this is a great place for cautionary examples about how not to build a company. Rampant bullying and favoritism permeate the culture from top to bottom.

Cons

1. Senior managment is out way beyond their depth, and the CEO has surrounded himself with a cadre of maladjusted sycophants interested only in their own advancement and personal enrichment. 2. High turnover at all levels and in all departments. Even taking COVID into account, turnover is exceptionally high. 3. Senior managment is big on "optics" but seems incapable of delivering anything substantive beyond hemoglobinopathies.

Pros

Promising science and some truly wonderful people working there. Unfortunately none of them are in leadership positions.

Cons

I would list all the reasons but I don't want to give this company any more thought, time, or energy than I already have. The other recent negative reviews are all accurate.

Pros

Lunch is close to free, a Pro that I can tell.

Cons

Hardcore scientists left this boat one after another and the remaining folks are playing politician style pretending to be busy every day and appraising each other's nonsense on a daily base. Some people who managed to occupy leadership roles do not have a PhD and are dominating the direction of R&D. The pipeline is full of copycat programs from competitors and they call it INNOVATION.

Pros

Interesting science and platform, most people are fantastic to work with.

Cons

Great company if you're a male with 18 mos of consulting experience at mckinsey and a masters who the CEO is also obsessed with. You can go from entry level analyst to VP/head of a department in 6 years. Company doesn't care for title consistency across departments as there are scientists and other GA with tenure, and advanced degrees, who have made important contributions who constantly get passed up for promotions bc they aren't part of the chosen favorites. HR also actively works against people getting recognition and pull bait and switches on new candidates re: titles.

Pros

I like the work and freedom I have been given

Cons

Promotion cycles are very rigid leaving me feeling undervalued

Pros

Great people, great science, flexible work-life balance, good benefits

Cons

Location, unstable management team, employees working above their skill set, ambiguous strategy