Government desk job - Senior Systems Engineer Roche Employee Review

2.0
20 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Facilities are great, they provide everything you need. Flexible schedule and paid extra hours. Extra benefits apart from normal salary offer a good package overall.

Cons

The culture of the company is archaic and horrible. Management is far from good and decisions and promotions are based highly on politics instead of actual prowess. Shutting up and not trying to change the status quo is encouraged, trying to do something new is punished. There's a high level of useless people that work less than typical government clerks but with high salary, exploiting the flexibility and benefits of the company to ridiculous levels. What could be a great place to work turns into a boredom and psychological pressure nightmare thanks to the people ruling this place

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
4 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Employee Benefits and beautiful facilities

Cons

As a seasoned quality professional I could not recommend enough that you stay far away from this company. The entire Global Quality program is run on gaslighting. Procedures are vague and cryptic and the management solution is always to just copy and paste from another site. You will be told to "speak up" and its an open and collaborative environment, but that could not be further from the truth. Roche is a toxic environment that is run by cliques that pick and choose who gets to succeed. If you dare to speak up you're targeted and ostracized. If you want to succeed there you just need to nod head in agreement and try to follow the cryptic task that is gonna set you up for failure anyway. Success is completely contingent on how well you gossip and politic. The "Branchberg Mafia" is run on emotions and direction will change day to day depending on how leadership feels that day. Again I recommend looking somewhere else if you're looking to make an impact and enjoy a challenge. If you enjoy being a sheep or like weak and emotional management. This is the place for you.

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