Stable company but lack of job advancement opportunities - SSR Genentech Employee Review

4.0
Oct 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stability in R&D roles, emphasis on scientific development

Cons

job ceiling for non-PhD employees in R&D departments

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Genentech Response
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We appreciate you writing us a review. We are dedicated to following the science, and strongly believe research and development is pivotal to achieving our mission. This is why we have one of the largest R&D budgets in our industry. Moreover, we care about the development of our employees, thus we offer an array of leadership opportunities, as well as tuition assistance programs to help our people advance in their perspective fields. We recommend that you schedule time with one of our Career Lab consultants to explore your career advancement opportunities and embrace opportunities to broaden skills and experience, even if it's not upward mobility! Thank you for sharing your review.

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