Genentech reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,714 total reviews)
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Ashley Magargee

83% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Genentech has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,714 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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4.0
Oct 28, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You work with really smart people. There is a good work-life balance as well as excellent benefits and the opportunity to work from home.

Cons

It''s really "clique-ish" if you attended a certain university or if you are a part of a certain group, you have a much better chance for advancement. If you did not, it's as if you have to work 2 to 3 times harder just to get noticed let alone advance. As I mentioned, there are a lot of smart people there(on paper), but sometimes a lot of those people seem to be more interested in patting themselves on the back for their past accomplishments than they are at working hard or trying to help the company. A lot of arrogant people. There's also a lot of ambiguity in roles and responsibilities.

4.0
Oct 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great products that make a difference in people's lives, smart, interesting, fun people, company clearly values its employees and takes good care of them, very science and patient-driven, great perks and lovely campus.

Cons

Some managers are inexperienced at giving feedback, not always enough interdepartmental communication - you may find out that your project is a re-inventing of something another team has done previously.

5.0
Oct 10, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Safe people's life. There's lot of respect among the Employees and Managment.

Cons

Roche trying to take over. The way the economy is right now it puts lots of pressure on all companies.

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