Genentech San Francisco Reviews

Pros

Flexibility in working hours and working from home, employee focus, good benefits, nice people with a good pipeline. It is work hard and party hard atmosphere

Pros

great people and benefits including yearly bonus. interesting work. good management team in my department.

Advice to Management

figure out how to keep people engaged when there aren't opportunities to move up to next level

Pros

1. Colleagues are some of the smartest, and most experienced, around. 2. Company makes formal efforts to explore new technologies and methodologies and cares about employee engagement/development. 3. Office hours appear to be less demanding than other companies. 4. Company benefits are exceptional.

Advice to Management

Although the science and people can be great at Genentech, employees are encumbered by inefficient or redundant business processes. Addressing the ancient information technologies and burdensome business processes can improve employee satisfaction and productivity.

Pros

Passionate employees. Lots of perks at work (concert, food, etc)

Pros

The salaries, perks, work environment and the nature of the work are amazing. The people are wonderful and the amount of work you accomplish is huge. It is such a pleasure to work with smart, savvy and motivated people. It keeps you on your toes and allows you to contribute in meaningful ways.

Advice to Management

Upper management is terrified of the changes coming to the pharmaceutical marketplace and has begun the dreaded "belt tightening" that comes with fear. If they would reach into the talented, knowledgeable and motivated staff to identify and correct some processes, they could do well. But they spend their money on high priced consultants who spend years to discover and deliver information that is already known at the hands-on level. Too bad they will cut the people who can help them rediscover themselves. It really is gone, the Genentech spirit. Roche, the world bank that happens to run a pharmaceutical company, has completely taken over.

Pros

Benefits are good and fair

Advice to Management

Listen to their direct reports needs for success

Pros

Great company culture: Work hard, Play hard and Give back.

Pros

Good, smart, collaborative people. Generous benefits. Opportunities to change roles within the company. Flexible scheduling and childcare. Team oriented work allows you to get exposure to various experiences. Sabbatical every 6 years!

Advice to Management

Degrees don't define skill level. There is some inflexibility for non-MD's to move upwards regardless of years of experience and skill level.

Pros

If in a well managed department and there are many, employees will benefit by getting well paid accordingly by your individual contribution and not seniority based, benefit from a fantastic company promoted practice for personal advancement with many career goal options and provide the financial means to obtain the training, degrees or certificates for your personal career path and goals. Wonderful team building events facilitated by third party companies as well internal programs. Great opportunities to control your end of year bonus and stock program by fulfilling start of year performance goals you and your manager create. The more impact you have on the teams successes, the more compensation you will receive.

Advice to Management

Consistent treatment of employees within different departments especially those that work side by side would create a working atmosphere that every Biotech employee prospects would compete for employment eventually becoming the major voice of company loyalty and the largest body of company advocates on various social media sites and forums.

Pros

Great workplace with an awesome culture "work hard play hard".
Great leadership
Eryone is very smart, friendly and hard-working people.