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  • "People are great and the energy in the halls is infectious.(in 223 reviews)
  • "The benefits are great and the work is beyond interesting.(in 204 reviews)
  • "Fast moving company and great culture(in 130 reviews)
  • "Good work life balance(in 82 reviews)
  • "Campus is beautiful and centrally located.(in 75 reviews)
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    1. 5.0
      Sep 13, 2023
      QC Senior Scientist
      Current Employee, more than 5 years
      San Diego, CA
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      Pros

      The company culture is open and inclusive with great compensation and interaction.

      Cons

      Lots of favoritism in the department that needs to be noted by executive leadership

      1. 3.0
        Aug 5, 2023
        Anonymous Employee
        Current Employee, more than 5 years
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        Pros

        Great people! There is an incredible amount of teamwork and collaboration within teams. Dynamic environment. The company shutdowns are a huge perk! Having holiday pay for the week of the 4th of July AND the time between Xmas Eve and New Year's Day is my most favorite benefit the organization offers. It's great to take a week off and not have to come back to 2 weeks' worth of work, as compared to a normal vacation taken at any other time of the year.

        Cons

        Highly matrixed environment which results in frequent communication issues and competing priorities. Collaboration across departments can be challenging due to not fully identifying the key stakeholders and/or not sharing information as freely as it should be. This results in a lot of firefighting around emergent issues, and leads to a work-life balance that is quite poor in many areas of the business. Recently, there have been cuts to benefits and multiple rounds of layoffs. The fact that there didn't appear to be any layoffs at the VP or SVP levels continues to reinforce distrust of the executive leadership team. This suggests to employees that the lower levels of the organization must pay for the poor decisions made by upper-level management.

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      Illumina has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,268 reviews left anonymously by employees. 68% of employees would recommend working at Illumina to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -8% over the last 12 months.

      According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Illumina employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Illumina. This rating has decreased by -5% over the last 12 months.

      68% of Illumina employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Illumina 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

      According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Illumina to be career development, culture, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, compensation, management.

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