Invitae Reviews

Pros

Everyone is beyond competent and most are excellent. Culture is good, everyone is there to do the work and egos don't really come into play.

Cons

Following a recent RIF they've done a good job quickly realigning and strategizing, but continued efforts are needed in that area. Some lines of responsibility are unclear, and priorities between teams misalign because of it.

Pros

I came onboard with Invitae during a tough transition as the company was faced with the difficult decision to complete a large RIF. My initial feelings were mixed, but I couldn’t be happier to have joined this company. The leadership team has been transparent from day one, and have shown that they have a clear path forward to ensure that Invitae is profitable and that the mission of the company hasn’t changed. The team here is one of the best, and it truly feels like a family. The sales directors work in a bottom up approach, and are here to help you succeed. It’s always “what can I do for you?”, rather than “what are you going do for me?”. We are all passionate about the patients we serve and ensuring that cost is not a barrier to genetic testing. I believe that we’re well respected in the genetics community and that HCP’s, their staff and patients appreciate our partnership and the quality of testing we provide. It’s rare to receive negative feedback.

Cons

Delays in completing timelines, e.g., rolling out new test, marketing materials, and internal software application updates/changes. This is likely due to limited staffing in a few of these departments due to the RIF.

Pros

Still one of the absolute best tech health care companies out there(I have interviewed for many competitors and other healthcare companies). Nobody even comes close to what the invitae cloud team has done to catapult Invitae.

Cons

It is very sad to see the company gone to dogs. Leadership is absolute spineless. Upper product people are a joke and squandering away the amazing tech talent that is still there. A bunch of upper management folks from DocuSign have mass immigrated and practically destroyed the company culture and everything that Invitae has built.

Pros

The pay & Benefits are excellent.

Cons

Unethical, slick racist, doesn't care about employees with disabilities

Pros

Wonderful teammates, unlimited PTO, great benefits, 100% WFH, understanding and supportive leads, ERGs. I absolutely love this company and fought hard to come back after the ROF because there just isn't a place like this that I have encountered. The honesty and communication are still number one in my book, and the acceptance and accommodation for neurodivergence and disability and marginalized peoples is top notch.

Cons

Expected growing pains from becoming a bright-eyed and hopeful startup to a sustainable business. It is scary sometimes because the extra perks are changing/ being reduced to match the current market at other companies in order to save money, but it is still a wonderful place to be, even considering this. I was laid-off during the RIF and rehired in November, so I have a little anxiety at every small change, but, ultimately, the feel hasn't changed too much. Yes, we are asked to do more with less since we lost so many teammates, but it is still more than is offered at many places.

Pros

The benefits were amazing and the culture was amazing. Very flexible and encouraged independence while working on breakthrough technologies in IVD assay development.

Cons

This was the second time getting laid off so I can safely assume that this time it was mismanagement in the company and not just a lucky project decision. Their costs were too large and the stock plummeted.

Pros

Initially had good flexible time off, good benefits and stock options

Cons

Managements profit goals too lofty with not enough practical profit driven strategies.

Pros

Remote work, people are great, flexibility

Cons

Leadership and unstable atmosphere has everyone on edge

Pros

The work is really easy and mundane so you can just listen to music all day. It’s “fun” if you’re out of college and are looking to work with people your age, but stay out of the drama, and don’t expect to be taken seriously within the rest of the company. At least there is free food, a nice cafeteria area, and free garage parking.

Cons

Everybody who helped create and maintain a competent team and healthy culture left for better companies. This team and company is a shell of what it used to be. No communication from leads or upper management about updates, projects or changes until the very last second— sometimes even after the changes occurred. They consistently make empty promises and never follow up on things. The leads are basically kids who don’t have experience being managers/leaders and got those positions through favoritism or seniority. I would not trust them to manage a team, let alone handle patient specimens. If the patients and clients could see the mess behind the curtain, they would find a different company so fast. The work of “helping patients” doesn’t feel fulfilling after a couple months in when you start seeing all the drama. This place will literally suck the soul out of you, so unless you’re desperate for money, I wouldn’t think about working here. Oh I should also mention that overtime is mandatory so any inkling of your work/life balance will be destroyed.

Pros

Excellent support for employees career development

Cons

Can’t think of any at this moment