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    Updated Jan 15, 2020

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    3.8
    70%
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    81%
    Approve of CEO
    Genentech Chief Executive Officer Alexander Hardy
    Alexander Hardy
    55 Ratings
    Pros
    Cons

    • "Work life balance varies greatly depending on your function or manager" (in 110 reviews)

    • "Hard to find opportunities for full time" (in 99 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons
    1. Helpful (1)

      "Sr administrative assistant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
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      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
       

      I worked at Genentech

      Pros

      great work environment, great and helpful team

      Cons

      moving from contract to full time is difficult

      Genentech2016-08-26

    2. "Lots to learn with opportunity for those who put in effort"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Project Manager in South San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Genentech full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Professional development, environmental sustainability, and ethical development of products (therapeutics) are at the forefront of culture. Opportunities to move within the company are available for those who put in time and energy to network and apply. Great people. Super smart colleagues who are changing peoples lives through cutting edge medicine.

      Cons

      Some employees who have been here for a long time (20+) years have a lot of negative energy and make things political. Lots of bureaucracy at times can make it feel like you’re not productive, but that’s often the reality of a highly regulated industry (we need to make sure our products are safe! We aren’t making software like tech companies nearby, we are improving quality of life!)

      Advice to Management

      Transparency to decision making will help break the appearance of bias and political in-fighting.

      Genentech2020-01-15
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    3. "Great company, clear mission, good people"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Marketing 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Genentech full-time

      Pros

      The people Focus on wellbeing Development opportunities

      Cons

      Work life balance (although depends on where in the organization you are) Consensus decision making can impair speed and innovation A lot of process

      Genentech2020-01-13

    4. "Culture"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Medical Director 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Genentech full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Excellent work environment, very friendly

      Cons

      None that one can think of

      Genentech2020-01-11

    5. "Great place to work for the most part!"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Management Associate 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Genentech full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Amazing benefits, flexibility, lots of brilliant people to learn from.

      Cons

      You will really enjoy working here if you have a great manager and team. Lots of people leave because of leadership. Certain job levels are capped out for growth and you have to change roles to keep developing. Hard to move around within the company. Some leaders are not professional and gossip too much.

      Advice to Management

      Learn to adapt to the times. We need new ideas and leadership needs to get on board.

      Genentech2020-01-07

    6. "Senior Clinical Specialist"

      StarStarStarStarStar
       

      I have been working at Genentech

      Pros

      Cutting edge research, great compensation and benefits

      Cons

      Customer engagement model too fast too soon

      Genentech2020-01-05

    7. "good training for postdocs who want to get into industry"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Fellow 

      I worked at Genentech full-time

      Pros

      Working in a big company

      Cons

      postdocs are not regular employees

      Genentech2020-01-04

    8. "It’s okay"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Security Officer in Oceanside, CA

      I worked at Genentech full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      It’s a great company but your still a contractor.

      Cons

      Your still looked down and feel like you get treated as second class.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees because they are the ones doing the work, help them grow not lie and motivate them.

      Genentech2020-01-14

    9. "Good place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Bioprocess Technician in Vacaville, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Genentech full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      I like my condensed schedule. Some don't but if it works for you and your family it can be really nice

      Cons

      Hard to move up or into different positions

      Advice to Management

      Dont hire so many engineers. They all leave, along with their training for engineering jobs in other companies.

      Genentech2019-12-28
    10. Helpful (1)

      "Pharma technology firm"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Office Manager/PR Specialist 

      I worked at Genentech full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Excellent benefits and many opportunities for advancement

      Cons

      Company was bought and closed.

      Advice to Management

      They were great.

      Genentech2019-12-22
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