Depends who your manager is - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

2.0
Dec 9, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- working for a company that saves lives, especially cancer victims - rebate for taking their shuttles to work - technology is up-to-date - t-shirts and random free gifts throughout the year

Cons

- managers who favor some and treat others like crap (based on personal bias not work product) - managers who give Genenchecks (~$250) to their pets for made up reasons - managers who tell you every week that your work product doesn't matter but your popularity does - managers who have no qualifications to manage your work being assigned to you

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