Pros
Beautiful campus with ample parking, wonderful perks and facilities, lovely offices, nice cafes. In my years there I saw an evolution in many positive ways, with increasing employee perks like commuter benefits and cafe improvements. The pace is incredible and the learning opportunities abound. I felt secure in my job and had the chance to learn across multiple diseases. I met some wonderfully dedicated people and some genius scientists too! Bottom line, learned a ton and met many friends for life. Thanks Gilead and bravo for the courage to tackle terrible diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C.
Cons
My experience being a minority woman at times was very hard and discouraging. Diversity/inclusion issues was ultimately a main driver for my leaving as there is a old club mentality and tribalism that felt very hard to break through after a certain level. There are a lot of public efforts in D&I across the company, but it's all a work in progress. Over time I felt my career options would be limited or delayed since I am a woman of color. I truly hope the new CEO tackles this key issue which may be driving (some) people away and limiting the power of its existing talent. Of course different groups may not have had the same D&I challenges; this was just my personal experience among many great ones.