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 40 reviews)); "Demanding work but good pay" ((in 26 reviews)); "People here are great and driven." ((in 17 reviews)); "Culture is good." ((in 16 reviews)); "Great team to work with at local level" ((in 12 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 31 reviews)); "Toxic Leadership" ((in 18 reviews)); "No work life balance at times" ((in 13 reviews)); "Training is 4 days in Palo Alto to learn how to use a visual aid and show off the free snacks and lunch." ((in 5 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

Feb 22, 2023

Avoid at all cost

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Guardant360 liquid biopsy test is good. Additional portfolio offerings are substandard

Cons

Commercial leadership is in way over their heads and beyond their capabilities. There really is no strategy except work harder and do more. Continuously tries to motivate by fear and threatening peoples jobs. Culture is very toxic and there is no room for career growth. Asking about other opportunities will get you put on a list of unhappy employees. They purposely try to turn over 10% of the sales team every 6 months to ensure the fear is always present.

1.0

Mar 28, 2022

Worst place I have ever worked

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-The technology and some people -compensation

Cons

-the culture -long hours -inexperienced/untrained management -no work life balance -toxic

2.0

Oct 22, 2019

Going downhill

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, great people, free lunch. People is the best asset Guardant has.

Cons

The company is very inefficiently run. Communication between teams is confusing and employees often hear about their work from rumors from other people. No clear plans in how to scale besides trying to hire more people. Vision of how to improve is communicated in random meetings with no actual plans. There are some fundamental challenges that the organization is facing and if you’re not technical, you would have a hard time working here because of lack of support and would constantly wonder why you’re here. The open office layout with this many people also makes it hard to focus at work, in many instances I need to work overtime at home unnecessarily.

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