Genentech Reviews

Pros

Everything about the company is amazing. Great culture focus on patients and science

Cons

None at this time to note.

Pros

great work environment, great and helpful team

Cons

moving from contract to full time is difficult

Pros

Colleagues are brilliant. driven, and dedicated to our mission. The science is world-class, the work is interesting, compensation and benefits are excellent. Very good work-life balance. The walk the talk when it comes to D&!.

Cons

Can be overly bureaucratic . Advancement opportunities for some positions are rare. Few remote work options for corporate employees. There is a degree of elitism amongst employees.

Pros

- Amazing culture - Good work life balance - Intelligent, hard working, respectful and fun colleagues

Cons

Like any large company, there can sometimes be silos that slow things down, but lots of great minds working together to solve these types of issues.

Pros

-Great company culture -Diversity -Benefits -Friendly atmosphere -Nice campus

Cons

-Hard to think independently -Transparency about job promotions

Pros

Great company, great peers and work values

Cons

Load management at times can be overbearing

Pros

You’re given any resource required to execute your project

Cons

Workload can be excessive at times

Pros

Great salary (relative to academia), benefits (401K match, health care, company bus, social events) and inclusive academic-like working environment make Genentech a great place to do your postdoc. You will be pushed to publish and will be in a solid position to make the step back to academia afterward if you so wish. Atmosphere on campus is similar to an academic institution with lots of invited seminars from top external academic scientists and a focus on basic science.

Cons

Sometimes it can feel like postdoc programs can get overlooked relative to the pipeline but it's all relative as the resources and financing available for your project far exceeds the average in academia.