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Updated May 20, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "The benefits are great and the company really go the extra mile to show that they care about their employees." (in 477 reviews)
- "good pay which is great considering the headhunters cut of the pay and the fact that I did not recieve benefits." (in 120 reviews)
- "People with only a few years (less than 5 yrs) of experience hold senior leadership positions." (in 42 reviews)
- "One major Con is that individuals are not measured by the amount of sweat and tears they generate, nor by their actual day after day accomplishments and victories, but instead by the impression they allow upper management to perceive of them." (in 33 reviews)
Ratings by Demographics
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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
-Surrounded by brilliant, literally world-class colleagues -Management, teams, and colleagues always trying to make the company a better place to work -Meaningful, challenging work, -Great work-life balance and support resources -Compensation is consistently above market -A culture of radical candor and soliciting feedback
Cons
-Large organization can make decision-making slower, though it is well-reasoned and well thought out -Hiring process is slow, but does result in high quality colleagues
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Active investment in frontier-level science, substantive academic collaborations aimed at making breakthrough discoveries that transform what is possible for patients and at-risk people before they become patients. Potential for global scale and impact via 125 year-old Roche.
Cons
Not every day exemplifies the best of what is possible here
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Care about employees development and have respect for everyone
Cons
Too many changes going on all the time
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
exploratory sociable competitive fun science
Cons
within corporate pharma is hard to make a career
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Easy onboarding process, friendly group of coworkers, and interesting technologies and projects to work on
Cons
Sometimes placed in small teams with few mentors. Not much room to grow and learn
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, career growth , quality life, compensation
Cons
Roche/Genentech is a marvelous company. No Cons.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great culture. Very big on work/life balance and not a huge push on sales numbers. More patient care. Very refreshing in this industry.
Cons
Almost too little numbers focus. Never really sure how you are doing sales wise compared to others
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits, flexibility to work remotely depending on the nature of the role. Covid-19 task force clearly communicates expectations for working on site. Safety and well-being are most important.
Cons
Some organizations within the company have a difficult time implementing feedback.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Plenty of perks and other benefits.
Cons
South San Francisco campus doesn't offer many opportunities.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great pay and benefits, opportunity for advancement (if you work for it and seek it - don't wait for it to come to you), supportive leadership.
Cons
Not all roles stayed remote, though I do think many more could be and that this would improve/maintain employee morale.
Genentech Reviews FAQs
Genentech has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 3,681 reviews left anonymously by employees. 85% of employees would recommend working at Genentech to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
85% of Genentech employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Genentech 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Genentech to be career development, culture, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management.
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