Good learning experience but limited career growth opportunities - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

2.0
Sep 25, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

great science, rich portfolio of new products talented pool of people take care of commuters (e.g. gRide program, etc.) great learning opportunities for young people

Cons

too many layers of management - too many associate directors who aren't competent on making the right decisions. started to layoff people - laid off lower non-manager levels, but the middle management stayed. The remaining lower level staff are so swamped with the extra work from layoff coworkers yet afraid to complain due to job security. too many politics limited career growth opportunities unless you are well connnected. request for promotion is a lengthy process. be proactive to take on development or rotational assignments as these will help to move around internally.

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Cons

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