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Alexander Hardy
249 Ratings
Pros
"Great Benefits, Amazing support from management" (in 264 reviews)
"There are great benefits and work life balance" (in 227 reviews)
Cons
"work life balance can be difficult at times especially during this pandemic" (in 119 reviews)
"Consensus decision making can impair speed and innovation" (in 72 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Everything about the company is amazing. Great culture focus on patients and science
Cons
None at this time to note.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good, friendly, agile, motivating, growth
Cons
Pay, development, encouragement, promotion, trust
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
great work environment, great and helpful team
Cons
moving from contract to full time is difficult
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits (healthcare, 401k) and employee perks. Work with amazing people doing great science. Campus is amazing with wonderful ameneties
Cons
Advancement is difficult within the Research field, especially without a PhD. Organization seems too large for any feedback to make any great impact
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Incentives to stay with the company, mission
Cons
My experience with the Genentech Patient Foundation was that if you don't mirror management you'll never have the chance to develop. The culture created in Portland is toxic and forces employees to assimilate into a culture that celebrates shining the spotlight on the mistakes of your peers rather than talking to them directly. They're big on diversity initiatives but they don't have a diversity problem, they have a development problem. Leadership does not reflect their frontline staff in terms of diversity and its not just about race. I noticed that if you're different than them, you basically don't fit in and will never fit in. They often cherry-pick who to micromanage and allow others to behave in ways that are offensive and not professional (from my experience white peers). Don't waste your time here, the pay and benefits are not worth being lead by management that clearly needs sensitivity training and who should be more accountable and micromanaged as they do to their staff. They often cover each other's backs when they slip and blame the employee. Overall a waste of time in terms of career development. You won't learn anything that will make you marketable for other roles besides having the name of the company on your resume.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Amazing work place. Great culture. Great mission. Always voted top company to work for.
Cons
There aren’t many cons. But one would be change fatigue due to constant change.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
great culture, value the people and their families. Many people leaving due to "greener pastures" in start-up.
Cons
lots of "transformations" in which the output and value is unclear. Change for change sake leads to low morale.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great company culture, Industry leaders in several therapeutic areas
Cons
Could to be more involved in employee development
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Amazing mission of patients and society first. Inspired to work here.
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Amazing mission, working with inspiring colleagues in a collaborative environment
Cons
Ongoing Transformations create fatigue and loss of focus.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great Industry to work in depending in what department or section of the company you are in. The company offers great Company Perks The work hours were great.
Cons
Office Politic Culture Lack Employee engagement And lack of authenticity when dealing with their employees.
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