generally good employer - Anonymous employee Roche Employee Review

3.0
May 10, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good compensation in general - Generally friendly work environment. - Majority leadership is genuine and means to do well. Just don't always know how... - Multinaltional, international company with great career prospects - Majority of people I work with are great.

Cons

- Highly hierarchical and bureaucratic at times - which creates a very political environment. - No work-life balance. Leaders do not care enough about employee well--being. - Leaders don't always walk the talk - i think mainly because they don't know how as opposed to being hypocritical - Bonus system could be better. Performance Management & Compensation system not conducive to innovation or getting the best out of employees - Too short term driven and individual vs. team driven.

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Cons

As a seasoned quality professional I could not recommend enough that you stay far away from this company. The entire Global Quality program is run on gaslighting. Procedures are vague and cryptic and the management solution is always to just copy and paste from another site. You will be told to "speak up" and its an open and collaborative environment, but that could not be further from the truth. Roche is a toxic environment that is run by cliques that pick and choose who gets to succeed. If you dare to speak up you're targeted and ostracized. If you want to succeed there you just need to nod head in agreement and try to follow the cryptic task that is gonna set you up for failure anyway. Success is completely contingent on how well you gossip and politic. The "Branchberg Mafia" is run on emotions and direction will change day to day depending on how leadership feels that day. Again I recommend looking somewhere else if you're looking to make an impact and enjoy a challenge. If you enjoy being a sheep or like weak and emotional management. This is the place for you.

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