Illumina Employee Reviews about "cutting edge technology"

Pros

You work with smart people, is challenging in the right way. Cutting edge technology

Cons

Lots of politics and sometimes lack of clear direction from the top, but overall is a great company (for a while)

Pros

Exposure to cutting edge technology

Cons

Difficult for the field to provide expertise

Pros

Tons of very intelligent people and cutting edge sequencing technology. They seem to really care about employee work life balance.

Cons

Job satisfaction can be highly dependent on your group manager.

Pros

Cutting edge technology and great campus.

Cons

Your project might get cancelled and then you end up doing something where you have no clue.

Pros

Working on cutting edge technology. Smart and collaborative development teams. Management that emphasizes work/life balance.

Cons

Ultra fast moving company with development timelines.

Pros

Innovative company Really smart people Cutting edge technology and meaningful research

Cons

Pay and benefits can be better

Pros

The level of expertise, experience and teamwork was by far the best I've experienced over more than a decade and 5 different biotech companies and in general very dedicated work force. The cutting edge technology and wow-factor for the products are impressive.

Cons

The complete dominance on the market has allowed for a sense of invincibility and arrogance. Introduction of complicated administrative products and tasks dampens the joy of the actual work.

Pros

Fast pace and cutting edge technology

Cons

Lack of teamwork, poor management leadership and guidance, does not promote work-life balance, and a CYA environment

Pros

NGS technology is cutting edge and 80% market share Starting to implement nice employee programs, but still very US centric

Cons

Talk about international opportunities but woeful relocation help or benefits Struggling to become a clinical company because mindset is still RUO in many areas Business processes and systems are very inefficient and restrictive

Pros

Exciting products. Very cutting edge technology. Growth of the company within the last few years.

Cons

Lack of infrastructure. Middle management is the poorest I've ever worked with. The organization is top heavy. Feels like organizations and managers assigned are just to experiment. Horrible prospects for advancing and no growth opportunities within many groups. Expect employees to work until they burnout.