Overall it's been a great place to work. - Senior Quality Control Associate Genentech Employee Review

4.0
Apr 17, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and competitive salaries

Cons

Meaningful development opportunities are hard to come by. (Key word meaningful) Since it's a very large company each department is very specialized, so gaining new skills within your department is limited. But that kinda comes with the territory of working for a huge company. Commercial manufacturing is slated to leave SSF in the near future.

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5.0
Jul 24, 2026
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Pros

Good work-life balance and good resources for summer interns

Cons

Not many head count to transit into a full time role

5.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Loved working with my team. Super collaborative and exciting science. Great benefits and work life balance. Love the balance between pipeline and publication.

Cons

Super slow promotion rates that are more dependent on tenure, rather than contribution. We've also had yearly rounds of layoffs for the past four years. It is truly difficult to maintain any level of trust with upper management. However, layoff benefits at Genentech seem to be generous.

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