Gilead Sciences reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(2,014 total reviews)
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Daniel O’Day

68% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Gilead Sciences has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,014 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
Sep 28, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

bus shuttles, good weather, new CEO seems good

Cons

old technology and business practices, toxic culture, micro-management, abuse of power, poor culture,

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Gilead Sciences Response
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Thank you for your comment. It’s unfortunate to hear about your experience, especially since Gilead is committed to treating all with respect. Our policies specifically prohibit any conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. The best way to report this type of conduct is through your manager, the HR team, or through our Ethics Hotline (online or at 844-820-2719).
3.0
Dec 14, 2018

Corporate Despotism at its Finest

Anonymous employee
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Pros

In spite of the title, I gave the company 3 stars because a new CEO starts March 1st, 2019. The primary fault of the previous CEO was his tolerance for the despotic behavior of certain members of senior management, and its negative impact on company culture, retention, and performance. The Board’s decision to replace the CEO was a necessary step that is likely to have immediate impact by requiring the bad actors of senior management to shape up or get left behind, as the new CEO seems to have an ethical and moral framework that won’t tolerate the despotic culture that certain members of senior management have used to hold back and discourage entire portions of their own sections of the of the organization

Cons

Certain members of senior management have tyrannically enforced a culture whereby the company’s positive value of following the science is warped to the despotic behavior of excluding those not in a scientist role whenever and wherever possible, by promoting their friends into roles that they are unqualified for, micromanaging project execution, and the ruthless holding back those deserving of promotions in apparent spite. These member of senior management have a plethora of HR complaints against them yet refuse to change their behavior in a meaningful way, apparently because they actually believe they are doing nothing wrong and are very happy with the despot that they’ve created for themselves.

3.0
Jun 3, 2018

Sr Manager Commercial

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Overall you will learn a lot at Gilead because it’s very lean as compared to big pharma. Big pharma you are limited to you JD with little room for flexibility unless it’s part of your professional development. Gilead allows you to work hard and engage with multiple projects

Cons

Unfortunately there are a lot of cons. The legacy VPs have been in their role too long and are not collaborating with newer employees mainly because of insecurity on their part. There have been a few leadership changes but a major reorganization is way overdue. Poor behavior is awarded it’s funny how the me too movement doesn’t cover women who bully other women in the workplace just to get to the top. Beware there are several female leaders that need coaching on how to work with other women. As for diversity Gilead is really behind the times very very few leaders in the organization that represents the world we actually live in. Unfortunately or fortunately I have a lazy boss that delegates everything so I get great experience but the down fall is work life balance is way off and my boss really hasn’t managed a team before so therefore they are even too lazy to promote or expand the group. The pay is lower compared to Genentech and the stock has suffered so they should adjust they salary package

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