Pros
I truly believe that the products and services we provide help people around the world. Most of the staff level personnel are great to work with and for. There are lots of people with 10+ years of experience going back to the Novartis Diagnostics and even Chiron days. Decent benefits including a 401k match and insurance.
Cons
Way below average pay made worse by a wage freeze in 2021 and likely again in 2022. There has been a slow exodus of people across multiple groups over the last 4 or 5 years and upper management has been unwilling to provide backfill or has shipped the positions off to Spain where they can get the same position for 70c on the dollar. As a result you sometimes have teams of 1 or 2 people remaining that are trying to do the work of a 5 or 6 person group. Corporate decisions are TERRIBLY non transparent and non timely. People from Emeryville and across the US are now being let go if they do not relocate. Many are long term employees with great performance track records. Virtual meetings to discuss this relo are NOT recorded so HR can always deny something promised in these meetings was ever discussed. Barcelona calls all the shots and you will never ascend to the top ranks of the company if you are not Catalan or a "friend of the family". Several recent high profile upper management hires seems like good people but do not have the qualifications for their role, but they have the "right" last name.