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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3.0
Nov 13, 2012

Fall from 'Best Places to Work'

Recommend
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Pros

+ Fully integrated biotech, meaning that you can move between jobs in sales, research, development, manufacturing and in support functions -- all in the same company + Promising drug pipeline

Cons

Many of the perqs that were omnipresent during the Avastin years are slowly dropping away, as Roche takes a firmer hand managing the compensation of the US (Genentech) staff. This is least apparent in Research; most apparent in the support functions (IT, HR, Legal, etc.). Be very wary of putting too much stock in the 'Best Places to Work' wins in 2008-2011 -- much has changed since then.

3.0
Oct 29, 2012

Genentech Inspector

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Training Programs to develop operators

Cons

Process is too specific and strict

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