Laid off 20% of workforce just 3 months ago
Pros
Decent infrastructure for data management.
Cons
Codexis just laid off a fifth of their workforce 3 months ago under the auspices of having budgetary problems. Now they are looking to hire again at several positions that were just closed out but at much lower salaries. Many of the positions laid off had only been hired in the past two years. The business opportunities have not changed significantly in that time and the company continues to lose money and their interest in biotherapeutics and gene therapy does not bode well in a field saturated by more experienced and qualified competitors. This is a company not interested in the best for it's people and they are not advancing their own scientific prowess enough to maintain a strong position in the field (hence their constant posting of quarter after quarter of negative income). The facilities are not modern and bare by bay area standards. Management is stale and you will find yourself constrained enormously in professional growth. Projects are started and closed for the most flimsy of reasons, often at great expense and zero output. Steer clear.
