used to be great....before Roche - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I love the Genentech culture, very pro-employee; however, Roche is changing that.

Cons

Roche's Swiss bean-counters ruined a wonderful company. outsourced every R&D position to Quintiles and now they are in trouble trying to keep up with work. would not be surprised if an FDA audit found multiple issues/defects with site/product oversight.

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