Genentech reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,717 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 3,717 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
3.0
Dec 5, 2017

Political and entitled - but great benefits

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, decent pay, can be a fun culture depending on the team you're on. The Pros make it hard to leave but those who do say they don't miss the politics.

Cons

Super annoying competitive internal hiring practices that favor personal relationships over job skills. Very entitled field personnel, especially in Oncology

4.0
Oct 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stability in R&D roles, emphasis on scientific development

Cons

job ceiling for non-PhD employees in R&D departments

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Genentech Response
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We appreciate you writing us a review. We are dedicated to following the science, and strongly believe research and development is pivotal to achieving our mission. This is why we have one of the largest R&D budgets in our industry. Moreover, we care about the development of our employees, thus we offer an array of leadership opportunities, as well as tuition assistance programs to help our people advance in their perspective fields. We recommend that you schedule time with one of our Career Lab consultants to explore your career advancement opportunities and embrace opportunities to broaden skills and experience, even if it's not upward mobility! Thank you for sharing your review.
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