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      Good Company to Work For - Quality Control Associate Genentech Employee Review

      4.0
      Apr 28, 2016
      Quality control associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Benefits, Good Sense of accomplishment. Six Week Sabbatical every six years, 18 days vacation per year, non limited sick time (up to 6 occurrences per year).

      Cons

      Very political. Owned by Roche and budgeting is tight for non-research non-manufacturing departments. Performance is only a small part of advancement, you also have to please people (i.e. management) in order to advance.

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      Genentech Response
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      We appreciate your thoughtful comments. We’re happy to be able to offer competitive benefits & programs to our employees. Thank you as well for your thoughts on performance reviews. While annual reviews are used as a means to measure milestones and goal accomplishments, they are also intended to provide rich feedback and to engage in valuable discussion. If you feel your reviews are meaningless, you might want to speak with your manager about getting real time feedback and coaching, which may be more beneficial for your development.

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      5.0
      Jun 27, 2026
      Od consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Patient-centric company. great culture & benefits

      Cons

      Not always clear how promotions are awarded.

      2.0
      Jun 19, 2026
      Qa specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work is meaningful and overall the company vision aligns with my goals

      Cons

      QA management has become inept. None of the leadership (aside from maybe one or two) truly understand the nuances of our site and jobs. They refuse to pay you more due to "budget" reasons but won't provide much information, they claim to be transparent but will make decisions behind your back and not communicate them, even if they impact you and/or your job. Leadership doesn't listen to feedback and gets defensive if you even try to give any. It honestly has become a game of politics only in QA and that's not really building any real quality culture.

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