Gilead Sciences Reviews
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- "There is no work life balance and you're physically and mentally exhausted every day." (in 110 reviews)
- "The middle managers have very little control over any decisions or any of the budget." (in 33 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great Environment to grow and build your experience
Cons
Larger company means you don’t always get exposed to other departments/fields.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Incredible comp package and ability to grow within role, as long as you are motivated and willing to own your development. Company is supportive of remote workers making us feel part of corporate culture. Most inclusive & diverse company I’ve ever worked for in 20+ years!
Cons
Lack of consistent leadership, lean teams & terrible HR Talent Management mean you own your own development and progression 100% on your own. HR & IT are some of the worst I’ve seen in the industry, shocking at such a large organization. Total career and role-relevant experience mean little in your career progression, meaning many leaders of departments and BUs are unprepared and out of their league.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Benefits here are spectacular - from: - insurance - 401K - company shut downs for 1 week twice a year (July, December) + 3 wks of vacation - wellness center (completely new) - wellness reimbursement - bonus is great and achievable - i came from a previous company where there were KPIs for each person and people would have to write "exception essays" to the MBO committee to fight for their bonus - work commuting busses/shuttles Benefits make all the difference. Regarding work: - this place is the right place for you if you are OK with change and are OK with experiencing new projects/new work that would not be mundane/repetitive. Ex: ERP upgrades - People are nice here. I don't see many micro-managers. Work life balance is what you make of it. You need to set your own boundaries. I can see that there are many demanding projects and work. Sure, it's team dependent and project dependent, but it's up to you to communicate what works for you. Work has been busier more than ever since the ERP upgrade but I commitments to use the wellness center twice a week at lunch and people respect that.
Cons
Work life balance could be challenging for some. But see comment above.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Gilead pays competitively, allows remote and hybrid work, and has above average health and welfare benefits. They generally try and create a respectful and supportive work environment.
Cons
There is a reasonably high amount of turnover in the finance and accounting organizations. This leads to a constant shifting of workload to those remaining. Management doesn't seem to realize that ignoring festering problems - even if small on a day-to-day basis - can lead to larger issues and extreme employee dissatisfaction. You can have top-shelf benefits (100% match on 401k up to $15k peryear), for example, but if employees feel isolated, frustrated and generally fail to feel fulfilled by their role in anyway, they will leave at first chance. I would add that the company seems to think that regularly sending emails urging employees to join the Gilead Pac and attend meetings with members of Congress represents an acceptable practice. Frankly, the excessive influence of Big pharma companies on the US government's spending decisions (through Medicare and Medicaid) should be scandalous but advertising spend in major media keeps companies like Gilead out of the news.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Good company, pays well. Flexible work schedule
Cons
A large company in transition, very political as any large company. You spend a lot of time censuring your true opinions. I am not sure many get to express their true opinions, some departments are quite hierarchical, preventing the emergence of new and innovative ideas.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
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Great benefits, competitive pay, nice campus and perks. The company strives to be a good force in the world. The company is very stable with a strong outlook for the future.
Cons
Little opportunity for advancement, promotions are rare for most people. Heavy workloads can make it difficult to maintain work/life balance. The company has an amazing ability to find people with poor interpersonal skills and promote them to supervisory roles; then they wonder why so many employees leave.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Gilead is a fantastic company, and I loved that they are strongly focused in diversity and inclusion.
Cons
I didn't find any downsides from this company.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very good company to work. Nice work culture. Very open. Excellent facility in Foster City, CA.
Cons
Very slow growth and slow adaptation of new technology. Old school structure in all departments.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Mission driven and good comps
Cons
Can get bureaucratic and political at times
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Company that is creating possible and changing the world is full of brilliant persons, most of whom really do buy-in to the core values of integrity, accountability, teamwork, excellence, and inclusion. I have been here over a decade and Gilead is what it claims to be.
Cons
As with most organizations, your manager has significant impact on your career progression. But they do not control it outright, and there is always someone willing to listen and lend a hand if you think your manager is not doing all they can to help you along.
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Gilead Sciences has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,611 reviews left anonymously by employees. 74% of employees would recommend working at Gilead Sciences to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
74% of Gilead Sciences employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Gilead Sciences 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Gilead Sciences to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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