Smart people, learned a lot - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

4.0
31 Mar 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good place to go right after college to learn from awesome people. Opportunity for cross functional work if you put it on your development plan.

Cons

Some departments are overworked while others maintain a good work-life balance. Decision making seems slower after the Roche takeover. Some great managers but there are a slew of not so great ones.

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Pros

The work is meaningful and overall the company vision aligns with my goals

Cons

QA management has become inept. None of the leadership (aside from maybe one or two) truly understand the nuances of our site and jobs. They refuse to pay you more due to "budget" reasons but won't provide much information, they claim to be transparent but will make decisions behind your back and not communicate them, even if they impact you and/or your job. Leadership doesn't listen to feedback and gets defensive if you even try to give any. It honestly has become a game of politics only in QA and that's not really building any real quality culture.

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