Genentech reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,717 total reviews)
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83% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Genentech has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,717 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Genentech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
4.0
Jul 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work hours very flexible. You can do as much or as little as you wish. Co-workers are friendly and the company does do a pretty good job at keeping the old Genentech tradations alive, like Ho-Ho's

Cons

Roche merger making Genentech different - no visioin for promotion opportunities, this can be tough. Work is easy - not very technically challenging. Often times, management is not engaged in what you are doing

4.0
Jul 14, 2010

Good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are plenty of development opportunities at Genentech. There's usually free food lying around after meetings.

Cons

the cafeteria isn't so great

2.0
Jul 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good People are friendly Job can be satisfying Beer on Fridays

Cons

Almost impossible to get a good bonus since yearly goals are set very high Many unethical, tyrannical managers, senior employees production planning inventory management Working holidays and weekends the norm Many management "sacred cows" that you must be aware of or risk termination

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