Excellent company in a great geographic location, innovation-wise. - Senior Scientist Genentech Employee Review

4.0
Mar 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great pipeline, great science, great people, great benefits, opportunities for many lateral moves and rotations.

Cons

Decentralized functional model causes a lot of duplication of effort, competitiveness. At times "one hand does not know what the other is doing". This also applies to interactions with CROs and other vendors. A lot of waste, sadly, but protects "turf." Luck of the draw on great managers.

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5.0
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Pros

Patient-centric company. great culture & benefits

Cons

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2.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The work is meaningful and overall the company vision aligns with my goals

Cons

QA management has become inept. None of the leadership (aside from maybe one or two) truly understand the nuances of our site and jobs. They refuse to pay you more due to "budget" reasons but won't provide much information, they claim to be transparent but will make decisions behind your back and not communicate them, even if they impact you and/or your job. Leadership doesn't listen to feedback and gets defensive if you even try to give any. It honestly has become a game of politics only in QA and that's not really building any real quality culture.

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