Sincere efforts to be a great place to work - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

5.0
Dec 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most large companies give lip service to their "internal development opportunities" but Genentech really does try to make rotations and other non-core work available. People treat each other with respect (for the most part); teams succeed or fail together.

Cons

There are managers and functional groups with toxic managers and culture. The company does not seem to get rid of toxic leaders; these people tend to get sent elsewhere in the company once complaints reach the point of disrupting business. Get rid of them.

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Cons

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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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