The Safety Assessment Department needs better management! - Senior Scientist Genentech Employee Review

2.0
Oct 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly staff. Nice cafeteria. Nice campus.

Cons

There is no work/life balance. No opportunity for advancement. No effective management. No innovation. Lots of bureaucracy. I would not recommend Genentech to a friend.

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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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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