Genentech no longer exists - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

2.0
Jul 26, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits + Pay + Big Name Pharma + work/life balance

Cons

Sr management has no clue what they are doing and there is a lack of and inconsistent communication. Company has gone from great to below average. Bonus' are declining, lack of promotions, pigeon holed into certain tasks, differences between contractor and full time employees, internal changes take an extremely long time (9-12 months), very political

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Cons

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