Novogene reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(167 total reviews)

Dr. Ruiqiang Li

15% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Novogene has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 167 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Novogene employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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167 reviews
1.0
Mar 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The US team people are great to work with. Only the lower end to the lower management.

Cons

REALLY BEWARE of this company! All things listed here are true and do not take it lightly as you think it would not be that bad in your case. Yes, they are famous in China and they have state of art machine to run tests. But don't let that fool you and do NOT even step anywhere close to this place. They will try to screw you over in any type of way. First of all, they will try to cut your pay by putting 20% of your base salary in performance bonus category. But at the end of year, they will find any possible ways to cut away that performance bonus by adding tasks to your review sheet that shouldn’t even be under the position. Then, you came to this company to pour your heart out and help it to grow. Once you have help to set the ground for their growth, they will toss you out of the window and try to replace you with someone cost lesser. This includes me (they are trying to find ways to get rid of), and 2 other mid-management employees (one of them got told by his friend that the company is going behind his back trying to find someone cheaper but no success and the other has already got toss out of the window). Extremely passive-aggressive style of management. You are expected to work overtime doesn't matter whether or not you are exempt or not. Even if you are non-exempt, they will try to find ways to cut away your overtime to reduce their cost. There is absolutely no sense of job security. Everyone in any position has a fear of getting fired. If there is a mistake, it’s never the company management’s fault, the management will always try to find a scapegoat from the lower level and blame the problem on that employee. They expect no human error what-so-ever. They will try to find an employee to blame for that missing 0.1ml mistake (no I am not execrating. It was a true incident). I warn you again. Do not, do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT come anywhere closer here. You will not be valued as an employee, let along being an asset to the company. YOU ARE JUST A NUMBER THEY CAN GET RID OF ANYTIME.

1.0
Jun 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work is repetitious and easy.

Cons

The management is horrific. You are overworked, then expected to do more. They pressure to work overtime, and then ask you to sign off on not receiving overtime pay (while holding the paper and pen in front of you, giving you no time to think and catch you off guard). They pay you as little as possible (35k) and find reasons to not appreciate you monetarily.

1.0
Apr 20, 2018

Poor company culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The employees who work in the lab and the US tech support/ project management are wonderful to work with. The most enjoyable part of the job is the staff, they have positive and upbeat attitudes. The employees who work in the lab are the most enjoyable part of working for this company.

Cons

The company has a very poor work culture and does not treat their employees well.

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