Company in Crisis - Director Genentech Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-benefits -pay -focus on patients -quality of medicine

Cons

-culture is on life support and has plummeted dramatically since 2019 transformation -most employees either currently looking to leave or cannot leave because of unique personal circumstances or they don't believe they can get equal pay from another company. Many have left taking paycuts being desperate leave the negative culture -no trust in management as evidenced by the 2023 company survey and little belief that company will address company issues -little confidence in senior and senior executive management -little recognition or appreciation demonstrated -not a speak up culture- retaliation or termination has ensued -revolving door of CEOs and other executive leadership -Stock went from 400 to 240 in a little over a year and a half -continued failed drugs in pipeline and later stage pipeline -field sales team compensated not on sales but on story-telling of their "impact" and MBOs which is demotivating and unpopular -flat organization with little career opportunity -extraordinary amount of work...Pay is great but considering the scope of responsibilities employees are underpaid -meeting after meeting after meeting which leaves notime to get criticially important work done

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great salary and team! The interview process was smooth and effective.

Cons

To be determined, but so far many alignment meetings. Some folks have frustuations around the re-org and strategy changes.

2.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The work is meaningful and overall the company vision aligns with my goals

Cons

QA management has become inept. None of the leadership (aside from maybe one or two) truly understand the nuances of our site and jobs. They refuse to pay you more due to "budget" reasons but won't provide much information, they claim to be transparent but will make decisions behind your back and not communicate them, even if they impact you and/or your job. Leadership doesn't listen to feedback and gets defensive if you even try to give any. It honestly has become a game of politics only in QA and that's not really building any real quality culture.

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