Invitae reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

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Ken Knight

34% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

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2.0
Oct 2, 2015
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Pros

Very smart people coming from very diverse backgrounds. The company culture that Invitae was founded with (similar to Valve) helped produce a lot of innovation and fostered cross-functional teams that encouraged people to learn and grow, and in some places in the company that culture still thrives. There is still lots of time flexibility, unlimited PTO, some catered lunches and snacks.

Cons

The injection of a hierarchy that "doesn't really matter" has resulted in a lot of confusing doublespeak at meetings. Leadership seems to be in conflict with middle management, and middle managers seem to be in conflict with each other. Squabbling over resources seems to take precedence over interest in solving the real business problems; this petty territorialism trickles down in the form of questionable additional meetings and superficial tracking behaviors to "justify" why a group has a certain headcount. Worst of all, neither leadership nor middle management currently take any interest in helping employees learn and grow; as a result, some middle management feels totally justified in claiming a premium on everyone's time while offering nothing in terms of career development.

5.0
Aug 18, 2014

Exciting technology used to help real people. What more can you ask for?

Anonymous employee
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There's a few things that make Invitae the best company I've ever worked for. And, for the record, I've worked in a lot of companies, some of them great: ~ Helping people. Invitae's mission is a wonderful one, and in the few years that I've been here, there has been many many people whose lives we saved. These are real people, you can look them in the eyes and know that you did Good. To me, this is a big deal. ~ Exciting technology. At Invitae, we're riding the wave of innovation in genetic sequencing and computation. We never get bored. It's an incredible amount of fun to be a part of a rapidly developing field. ~ We're treated like adults. Accross. The. Board. The vacation policy is "take vacation." No-one tracks hours and days accrued. We're trusted to get our work done, take the time off that we need, and no-one's constantly looking over our shoulder. There's tons of examples of this.

Cons

Being a startup in a highly regulated field (medicine) produces a unique set of challenges.

5.0
Jul 28, 2014

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Terrific leadership, great snacks, competitive salaries, flexible time off/work from home opportunities, and very open workplace. Transparency on how the company is run.

Cons

It's a very DIY environment, so it can be difficult to jump in and get started. It's also hard to know who to talk to about certain problems sometimes. There are no real internal titles, which can be good in the sense that it makes people feel that they're equals, but make things unclear when it comes to who you're supposed to be reporting to.

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