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    Pacific Biosciences Reviews

    Updated July 26, 2017
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    1. "Great place to work!"

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      Former Employee - Reagent Manufacturing Technician in Menlo Park, CA
      Former Employee - Reagent Manufacturing Technician in Menlo Park, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pacific Biosciences full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      the culture here is unmatched, the people are awesome, the work environment is relaxed but with a "get things done" attitude. Last but not least, the copious company BBQs hosted throughout the year

      Cons

      Some departments lack support from other departments which hinders processes. Some processes are outdated and could benefit from peer review/input. Since it is somewhat a small company there is not much room for personal career growth.

    2. "R&D company with good sequencers but can't operationalize to become profitable."

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      Former Employee - IT Professional in Menlo Park, CA
      Former Employee - IT Professional in Menlo Park, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Pacific Biosciences full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Nice people
      Provides salad bar
      Technology has great potential, but competition is catching up.
      Promotion is easy, just ask management and they will hire someone under you, no experience or training is required
      Flexible working hour, 4 out of 5 days from home is acceptable.

      Cons

      No 401K match.
      Management clueless, unqualified and waste money on projects without any ROII.
      Lack of Communication/Lack vision.
      Amazingly political for a small company
      No real growth, except to fine tune your political skills.

      Advice to Management

      Have a focus strategy and go after it, communicate down to achieve understanding and alignment.

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    3. "reliability engineer"

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      Current Employee - Reliability Engineer in Menlo Park, CA
      Current Employee - Reliability Engineer in Menlo Park, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Pacific Biosciences full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      great technical management and friendly environment

      Cons

      Slow marketing and sales, great technology, just slow in sales

    4. "Pays pretty well, slow environment."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pacific Biosciences full-time

      Pros

      Relatively fun and casual environment. Generally nice people to work with.

      Cons

      Slow environment, needs better organization. Too many telecommuters.

    5. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Pacific Biosciences full-time

      Pros

      An excellent culture of true professionals and genuinely great people.

      Cons

      Still searching for that killer app.

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Great People Amazing science"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Pacific Biosciences full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great people, and amazing science.

      Cons

      It gets really busy and you need to keep up.

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Good Company, didn't like CA"

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      Former Employee - Scientist in Menlo Park, CA
      Former Employee - Scientist in Menlo Park, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pacific Biosciences (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Really exciting work, there's always something new to try and figure out. Changing the way sequencing is done and used.

      Cons

      It seems like the company swigs back and forth from being on the cusp of making it big or dying but never quite does either

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Used to beer much better"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Pacific Biosciences full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great people to work with

      Cons

      Too upright management, people are afraid to speak up and share their thoughts

      Advice to Management

      Management needs to understand what their employees is doing

    9. Helpful (8)

      "Order Management."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Pacific Biosciences full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - Immediate Coworkers and office coworkers very helpful. They are fun and they don't stab others in the back. Immediate coworkers work as a team.
      - kitchen has lots of Free snacks and soda
      - ping pong activities

      Cons

      - ERP complicated
      - my position required me to do Collections and Credit Check and never had to do that in past order management/customer service postion
      -senior management doesn't stick up for teams/points blame at you
      -you're hired as salary but you get treated like an hourly employee
      - Did not like to be micromanaged
      - was told I could telecommute but once hired was told it was not an option
      - direct manager was inconsistent

      Advice to Management

      Senior management needs training.

    10. Helpful (6)

      "No. 1 employer I have worked for!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Good company culture. Team spirit. Very capable management focused on creating value for investors, employees, and all stake holders. Vibrant and energetic work environment.

      Cons

      May be hard to have work-life balance; compensation level may not compete favorably with other companies in the area; inevitable politics in some corners

      Advice to Management

      Implement a training program to train middle managers; have mandatory peer review system; encourage open communication across all levels and departments; bring under-performing areas up to speed

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