Genentech Reviews

Pros

Very smart, exemplary colleagues - raise your game!
Numerous training opportunities
Encouraged to seek new roles when available
Great benefits - financial and non-monetary

Advice to Management

Due to manager turnover, I reported to four different people during my <2 yr employment stint. At the time, I was very frustrated with this and made an impulsive decision to chase the "greener grass" at another company. Big mistake. I still work long hours but make less money, have fewer benefits, without any hope of upward mobility (less manager turnover because there are no managers at this place...so no chance of promotion), and no longer get to work with my fabulous GNE colleagues. I believe the management did what they could to smooth the multiple transitions in our leadership team but in these types of situations, it's usually better to proactively ensure teams are functioning okay. Especially when one of the new managers is a first time FLM - extra check-ins with the group can help ease concerns about shifting priorities, esp during very busy forecast cycles. Again, nothing is perfect and having a few years to retrospectively analyze this has convinced me that management did what it could.

Prospective Employees: If you have the chance to work at GNE, make the most of it - this is a place you can learn, grow, and develop towards any biotech career path you want. No company or job is perfect but there are much worse places to work, without the mission or resources of GNE. I really regret leaving and would be happy to re-join, if possible. Learn from my mistakes. ;-)

Pros

GNE is a great place to work. They truly care about following the science and are very innovative. The culture is also great

Pros

Great work environment and campus, room for growth.

Pros

Really good pay - I was able to own a house working 32 hours per week.
Excellent reliable collaborative and fun coworkers.
Middle management seems to care about the groups reporting to them.

Pros

Flexible work schedules, Lots of commuter's benefits, decent bonus structure/LTI, excellent career support services (Resumes, interviewing, etc), Awesome Employee Center (The Hub)

Advice to Management

Solicit more feedback from frontline managers, make it safe for them to speak up.

Pros

benefit, work life balance, flexible work time

Pros

Pay is solid, the folks in the lab doing the work are some of the best in the industry

Advice to Management

Get rid of most of the middle managers, dismantle all the silos and most of the processes, and look at a person's technical and management skill and achievements when promoting and not just how firmly affixed they are to your backside.

Pros

Brightest, most passionate people I've ever worked with. Wonderful culture. Freedom and autonomy to explore and pursue novel ideas; academic-like in culture.

Advice to Management

Keep the academic-like culture and continue fostering an environment of autonomy and creativity. Continue trying to improve / provide growth opportunities for all levels, not only Scientist-levels, of employees. Focus on servant leadership and/or contemporary leadership styles; teach managers what these mean.

Pros

- Company really cares about development of its employees
- Lots of resources for personal development
- Great work life balance
- Meaningful impact at the company level

Advice to Management

- Trim the fat
- Reward people for getting things done and not just talking

Pros

Perks: stocks, benefits, gym, loaction