Generally a good place to work - Senior Engineer Genentech Employee Review

4.0
May 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, competitive salary, good company reputation. Good opportunities to develop for people early in their career.

Cons

Not the same since being acquired by Roche, a company that likes to lead from Basel and see other locations fall in line. News about re-org and layoffs used to be communicated clearly, now I have to get news through the grapevine. Development opportunities tend to drop off for mid-career (i.e. middle aged) professionals.

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5.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great learning opportunities, colleagues are knowledgeable and nice

Cons

A number of reorgs in the recent years

5.0
Jul 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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