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      Gilead Sciences reviews

      3.5

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (2,015 total reviews)
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      Daniel O’Day

      68% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

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      Gilead Sciences has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,015 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gilead Sciences 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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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Oct 19, 2015

      Glad to be gone

      Therapeutic specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Liver Disease and HIV divisions. They truly own those markets with the best in class for helping people with difficult diseases. CF and CV are the tough divisions to work for. Little support with Managed Care and less support with resources. Great Employee Stock Program

      Cons

      The average tenure for sales people is 3 years. They treat their dogs better than their sales people. Very little room for advancement. Human Resources is a joke at handling management and rep issues.

      1.0
      Dec 5, 2013

      Horrible culture, demotivating

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stock purchase plan, good choices in the cafeteria, on site workout facility

      Cons

      By the far the worst company I have ever worked for. Gilead is filled with a bunch of entitled jerks that continue to promote a demotivating culture of fear and intimidation. If you speak up you will be ostracized. HR is not your friend. Employees are in constant fear of what senior "management" might do and the consequences. I hate to even call it leadership because there is none. Get out if you can. If you aren't here, avoid at all costs.

      2.0
      Sep 13, 2013

      Phenomenal Vision/Products, Toxic Management

      It project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company's pipeline and acquisition-fueled penetration into new therapeutic areas is incomparable. I don't know where the HIV pandemic would be now without Gilead. The R&D folks are the best in the industry, and their research substantiates their ability to meet global epidemiological crises. Kudos to Gilead for meeting a worldwide challenge that other biopharmas were loathe to take on.

      Cons

      Anachronistic, title-aware and oblivious to life-work balance. There is an odd propensity to assign complex tasks to untrained or inexperienced roles, and trivial tasks to senior roles. The claim to be lean is counterintuitive, as the overhead associated with mismatched talent to task surely costs more than truly being lean. Middle management is unfortunately the worst in perpetuating this mindset, as they are the worst trained of them all. And, building on previous reviews, yes, it is a clique-driven culture. Old-boys network, and sorority-flavored among the women. There is an inclination to hire young interns, with a brainwashing philosophy. Very old-school, as new ideas from folks coming from other cultures with new ideas are often sent down the hall or let go.

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