Great Benefits! Brilliant People! Too much turnover - Sr. Administrative Associate Genentech Employee Review

4.0
Mar 29, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Benefits (Gym, Onsite Health Center, Commuter benefits, etc) - People are nice and fun to collaborate with - Culture is work hard/play hard/give back to the community - Developing medicines that save or improve lives

Cons

- unstable job security - need for too much consensus when making decisions, tends to delay action - constant changing of processes

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

Not many head count to transit into a full time role

5.0
Jul 21, 2026
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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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