Great place to work - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

4.0
Nov 29, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place to work. The compensation is nice along with their benefits. People are friendly and their training is very extensive. Generally like to promote from within.

Cons

No much room for growth. Although raises happen often, it might take a few lateral movements before you can move vertically. From my experiences, however, the pay scale for out sourcing is so much higher than hiring internally. Work for the company for a little bit, go somewhere else and then come back and you will get paid at least 10% more.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Great salary and team! The interview process was smooth and effective.

Cons

To be determined, but so far many alignment meetings. Some folks have frustuations around the re-org and strategy changes.

2.0
Jun 19, 2026
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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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