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Pacific Biosciences Reviews
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Found 101 of over 106 reviews
48% Recommend to a Friend
61% Approve of CEO
Found 99 of over 106 reviews
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Pros
- "Management supports employees who aspire to advance their careers within their team, or with a different team." (in 5 reviews)
Cons
- "This shows that even if you work hard it is not seen by your upper management and they make decisions as they want ." (in 5 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Good Work Culture, Reasonable Work Requirements
Oct 5, 2022 - Senior Manufacturing Technician in Menlo Park, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Environment is forgiving and heavily promotes work-life balance. Job emphasizes employee retention.
Cons
No 401k match but has ESPP and Roth 401k availability.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Exciting compamy
Jan 17, 2023 - Senior Mechanical Engineer in San Diego, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Talented team and exciting work
Cons
Tough deadlines and lots of turnover
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Innovative Company with exciting technology.
Nov 16, 2022 - Engineer in Menlo Park, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Really smart, amazing, and talented people to work with. Compensation is competitive.
Cons
Can have long hours and challenging asks with short deadlines. High turnover rates.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Terrible place to work
Dec 7, 2022 - Mechanical Engineer in San Diego, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Free snacks free drinks. Are they really free though?
Cons
Horrible timing for company restructuring. CEO hands out $500 casino chips to employees in Vegas. Some hourly employees fake time-cards, but the managers let that slide.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Salary is high for technical positions
Cons
Stock keeps going down unfortunately
- Current Employee★★★★★
Prepare to Work long hours and Turnover
Oct 13, 2022 - Anonymous/Employee in San Diego, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Nice management, free food, work remotely or hybrid, RSU's,
Cons
No work life balance, disorganized, turnover, Lack of Planning for Cross-Training, Disaster Recovery, overwork staff instead of hire more staff, some departments have not grown in scale to the rest of the product channel or company, constantly putting out fires or thinking in the present instead of forward thinking mentality in my opinion
- Former Employee★★★★★
Sinking ship with no one at the helm
Oct 24, 2022 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-free food - RSUs & ESPP - not a lot else
Cons
- remote leadership - disingenuous leadership - unhealthy manufacturing environment (too loud) - so much turnover - stock is in the toilet
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Free lunch and snack available.
Cons
Lack of cohesiveness and an experience upper management team to achieve objective.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Novel technology in genomics space. Good pay.
Cons
Multiple management changes, internal politics between departments leading to toxic culture, high staff turnover
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Pay and Benefits are good
Cons
Do not follow their own company values Outdated computer technology No company policy or procedures Weak Management
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Pacific Biosciences has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 106 reviews left anonymously by employees. 48% of employees would recommend working at Pacific Biosciences to a friend and 34% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -24% over the last 12 months.
48% of Pacific Biosciences employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Pacific Biosciences 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Pacific Biosciences to be benefits, culture, coworkers and the cons to be career development, management, senior leadership.
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