Invitae reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(104 total reviews)
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Ken Knight

34% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

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3.0
Apr 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Direct superiors and colleagues are very supportive and pleasant to work with. Senior engineers provided mentorship and career development, and there are opportunities to provide mentorship to others. Meaningful mission. Parts of the culture are great - ERGs (employee resource groups) and an attempt is made (though no always successfully) to make remote working fun. People often join the company because they care about the mission, which contributes to the culture.

Cons

Bad upper level leadership. Lots of reorgs, acquisitions, and tech debt leading to high turnover. Reorgs included large layoffs along with removal of some benefits for all employees. Leadership lied multiple times about each layoff (there were several) and defended with the reason that they "didn't want people to worry". This created anxiety even before the layoffs both due to employees not trusting management and not being able to trust in the mission. Layoffs were not planned well and created unnecessary chaos. Large numbers of people were voluntarily leaving as well during this time and continue to do so. Company values are not supported by leadership. For example, leadership spent months trying to push for transparency then revoked their promise to share information about pay rates and levels. Career development is stunted due to a lack of career ladders or inside promotions. Peer reviews are required on a regular basis. These reviews apparently directly relate to your salary / bonus/etc. However, peers of varying technical aptitudes must be compared directly to each other. How can you correctly compare a software engineer to a manager on their technical aptitude? I also feel that this might be unfairly biased against individuals who are soft spoken. I would consider referring a friend here, but only to a team that I know is stable with good mid-management.

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Invitae Response
4y
For those reading this review, note that we are putting clearer career paths in place to help employees find new opportunities internally here at Invitae. With any change, it is an adjustment for many employees. We are committed to helping people thrive in their role.
1.0
Apr 3, 2022

Avoid at all costs

Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch on Wednesday’s and free sodas

Cons

Terrible work environment. No room for growth and hard to get an increase in pay. Leadership does not care

4.0
Mar 31, 2022

Great Benefits, Relaxed Culture

Recommend
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Pros

The benefits the company provide are amazing, although some of the more fun perks they provide have been going away or reduced. Lots of opportunity for development & growth. Relaxed environment, very flexible.

Cons

Growing faster than they can manage. RIFs are not handled appropriately. Contribute almost nothing to 401k, bonus is based on stocks. Beginning to lose focus on the employee experience.

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Invitae Response
4y
Thanks for taking the time to write a review. We very much care about the employee experience for everyone at Invitae, which makes our culture so special. There are some good things on the way for stock (spoiler alert).
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