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
Feb 18, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Tech is solid. Internal infrastructure is well put together and runs pretty smoothly. Very well position to (continue to) succeed in the liquid biopsy space with a healthy pipeline. In theory not a biotech I'd worry too much about major layoffs in the future.

Cons

I've never worked at a company before where as a scientist my work was so informed by revenue targets - upper management creates a frenzy about turning projects around so quarterly goals can be met. It's probably effective from a maximizing revenue standpoint but it cultivates a miserable working culture where work life balance is non-existent. Was common for the team to be working weekends and holidays and an unspoken expectation of always being available was pervasive. Felt very sink or swim though I imagine that's manager dependent. Many of my former colleagues were there on sponsorship for immigration status and felt unable to leave despite a real distaste for the company. Maybe all of this comes down to the team you're on, but if you're considering taking a role here try to really drill in to the work culture. I don't mind working the occasional late night or weekend to get something done that actually needs completing, but when it's happening on a quarterly basis so VPs can tout their revenue it burns people out real fast.

1.0
Nov 23, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance, easy to stand out

Cons

Terrible software engineering practices due to poor hiring choices, unrealistic timelines set by management, and "first to market" mentality

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