Guardant Health reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(315 total reviews)
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Helmy Eltoukhy and AmirAli Talasaz

58% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Guardant Health has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 315 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guardant Health 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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315 reviews
2.0
Jan 24, 2023

A lot of unhappiness

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Pros

There are a lot of perks like free food and amenities on campus. Salary and benefits are good. I do think that Guardant is doing valuable work in the immunotherapy field.

Cons

There was a lot of dysfunction and animosity between departments, and also within the ones that I saw. I very quickly got used to my manager calling people stupid behind their backs anytime they asked a question. I'm sure I wasn't exempt from that. Water cooler talk was pretty much all gossip, and pretty mean-spirited at that. People would praise the bosses to their faces and immediately turn around and complain behind their backs. I also saw more than one nepotism hire while I was there, and it was pretty obvious they were treated differently. All of this is normal to some extent in the workplace, but it really felt turned up to 11 at Guardant. I usually try to stay positive, and I felt like that excluded me from participating in 90% of the conversations going on at work. I was very unhappy there.

1.0
Nov 13, 2019
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Pros

Competitive pay, some good people, stock options

Cons

When I started, it was under the guise of a patient-driven mission with dedicated employees who all seemed to work well together but that positive experience was limited. Guardant works its employees hard to bring in more money for the company at the cost of a work-life balance. Management has no management experience or training and are only promoted due to blatant favoritism. Guardant is quick to fire its employees, without notice or the opportunity to correct actions and improve, leaving everyone terrified for their jobs. The result is a toxic work culture where everyone is afraid to be perceived as not doing the perfect job, so many employees and managers will throw others under the bus to avoid the scrutiny of their work performance and avoid being targeted. It is as if getting someone fired is a badge of honor there. When the test isn't selling as well as management feel like it should, there's usually another round of people being let go without solid grounds for dismissal. Most of the managers were some of the least professional I have ever worked with. I often heard of my job performance from other people and management was incapable of assuming positive intent for actions taken. Most people stayed because the company went public but now they're losing a lot of very talented people due to the poor work culture they created. In my time there, a type of "mean girl" culture evolved that developed the systematic targeting of individuals in the department based on favoritism until they were forced to quit or were fired (four in the course of a year).

1.0
Apr 24, 2018

Guardant's Downfall

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Pros

Guardant Health has hired some of the most brilliant and passionate people I have worked with. The mission and product of the company is strong, focusing on extending the quality of life for those with cancer and eliminating diseases. Free lunch, onsite gym and competitive benefits are also a plus.

Cons

Human resource team was a joke. The human resource team at the time was impolite, unfriendly, could care less about the workers and blatantly lied. Upper management do not have any recognition for people's hard work or people's past experience. Unrealistic timelines causing some people to 'steal' others work/recognition. They will only negotiate under fear of people leaving. All decent, knowledgeable workers eventually leave.

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