Great place to work if you can handle the pressure - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

4.0
May 18, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

resource....upper management consist of people who are truly experts in their field....management handled the roche merger very well...highly efficient, highly collaborative...great place to live (Bay Area)

Cons

as with all work places, there are those who got to where they are by KA or riding coat-tails...frustration and work load is very high for those at the bottom of the totem pole

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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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