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Updated May 31, 2023
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- "The people supporting this mission are great to work with and collaborate well with one another." (in 48 reviews)
- "Management at Invitae is filled with people that have no management experience and got promoted based on seniority." (in 21 reviews)
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★Featured Review
Great coworkers, great mission, needs some direction
Nov 22, 2022 - Data Scientist in Palo Alto, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Thanks for your review and sharing how Invitae has realigned to continue to deliver for patients.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Fantastic Company
Mar 20, 2023 - Regional Manager in Pacific, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
On a big time downward trend
May 31, 2023 - Senior Software EngineerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Bias, Unethical, Slick Racist
May 28, 2023 - Billing SpecialistRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The pay & Benefits are excellent.
Cons
Unethical, slick racist, doesn't care about employees with disabilities
Continue readingInvitae Response
Please contact me or someone on the HR team regarding specific issues, events or practices you witnessed. If you experienced anything inappropriate, we want to know. At Invitae, our mission is to cultivate a place where we all belong. We're proud of our leadership diversity and work to ensure a fair and equitable workplace for people of all backgrounds. We also recently shared information on our diverse workforce on our ESG report which can be found at this link below. https://www.invitae.com/en/sustainability
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great Company, Expected Growing Pains
Jan 11, 2023 - Client Services Specialist (CSS)RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Mismanaged but good idea
May 18, 2023 - Research Associate in Boulder, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Good company to start
May 23, 2023 - Data Processing in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Initially had good flexible time off, good benefits and stock options
Cons
Managements profit goals too lofty with not enough practical profit driven strategies.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Struggling to find meaning in the mission anymore
May 31, 2023 - Human Resources Business Partner HRBP in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Remote work, people are great, flexibility
Cons
Leadership and unstable atmosphere has everyone on edge
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Toxic environment, full of immature kids from top to bottom
Dec 29, 2022 - Specimen Accessioner Floor Lead in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Good company
May 14, 2023 - Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Excellent support for employees career development
Cons
Can’t think of any at this moment
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Invitae has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 431 reviews left anonymously by employees. 45% of employees would recommend working at Invitae to a friend and 27% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -10% over the last 12 months.
45% of Invitae employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Invitae 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Invitae to be culture, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be management, senior leadership, career development.
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