Does Guardant Health pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Guardant Health employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Guardant Health. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Guardant Health?

49% of Guardant Health employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Guardant Health 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Guardant Health?

Account Executive (15) , Biorepository Technician (10) , Account Manager (9) , Reimbursement Specialist (9) , Bioinformatics Scientist (7) , Senior Software Engineer (7) , Manager (6) , Clinical Lab Associate (5) , Clinical Laboratory Scientist (5) , Sales (5) , Sales Representative (5) , Anonymous (4) , Intern (4) , Software Engineer (4) , Clinical Study Coordinator (3)

What are the pros of working at Guardant Health according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and fast growing company" ((in 41 reviews)); "Demanding work but good pay" ((in 25 reviews)); "People here are great and driven." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great team to work with at local level" ((in 15 reviews)); "Great coworkers." ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Guardant Health according to real employee reviews?

"Micromanaging is common which is basically a symptom of bad management." ((in 29 reviews)); "Toxic Leadership" ((in 18 reviews)); "Management has no management experience or training and are only promoted due to blatant favoritism." ((in 12 reviews)); "No work life balance at times" ((in 10 reviews)); "You have many ineffective managers who can't name a project their employees are working on." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Guardant Health layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Guardant Health layoffs and their outlook for job security at Guardant Health in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Guardant Health locations?

Redwood City , Palo Alto , San Diego , Spring , Houston , San Francisco , New York , California City , San Jose , California , The Woodlands , Virginia Beach , Bowling Green , Laramie , Charlotte , Austin , Virginia , Indianapolis , Los Angeles , Monterey , Hayward , Novato , Seattle , Miami , Tennessee City

Guardant Health reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(315 total reviews)

Helmy Eltoukhy and AmirAli Talasaz

58% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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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

1.0

Apr 5, 2025

Never Join if you do not like politics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing much the company goal is a good cause but software department is very bad

Cons

The software division is the worst and leaders wants slaves not workers.Poor professionalism , blaming others and trying to make group of their own.Very creep higher management.

2.0

Dec 13, 2024

Toxic Culture Shift

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

· Innovative product making real impact in cancer diagnostics · Talented and dedicated employees · Strong market position with meaningful mission · Good benefits and compensation

Cons

· Concerning leadership dynamics at executive level. There has been a toxic culture shift with the new Chief People Officer · Employees, including VPS+, have become even more distrusting since the new CPO was hired · Disconnect between company values and executive behavior · Toxic culture shift becoming apparent with new leadership hires

1.0

Feb 2, 2024

Sketchy

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, benefits, helping cancer patients

Cons

Shady things going on with senior leadership (sales)

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