Roche FAQ

Good company, good salary with a lot of benefits

It is not so easy to change the position inside the company, the possibility of growth is relative

The management is one of the best

The overall company compensation and benefits are great. The employees are always willing to help each other. The mission of helping those afflicted by cancer is a noble mission.

-The mission of Roche in Tucson has unfortunately shifted from helping patients to generating increased profit and revenue. -Due to the senior leadership in Tucson taking short cuts in the past, the environment now is one of constantly reacting to problems which should have been solved years ago. -Some portions of senior leadership in Tucson are creating an environment of fear and finger pointing. -There is a drive by senior leadership in Tucson to outsource the instrument development and focus on Assay integration and Assay development only.

-Push back on the company directive of increasing profit and revenue to be passed to other divisions within Roche and invest in Tucson facility. Focus the culture more on what made Ventana special, it's mission and people. -Listen up and take a hard look at some of the senior leadership within Tucson. They are unfortunately creating a caustic environment which may take a while to repair. -Before it is too late, don't let your instrument development knowledge walk out the door.

Few job during month, there are days when there are no tasks at all. 2 home office / week. Annual bonus.

Management are not fair, they can be kind to you but talk bad things about you to others.

Choose qualified team leaders instead of amateurs! Listen to the team and give them the opportunity to review their Team leader.

Competitive compensation Excellent Benefits Great Management Growth opportunities Great atmosphere

No stock options Better car selections (More SUV)

Provide stock options for employees. Otherwise, keep up the great work!

Individual teams are often great made up of highly engaged colleagues that work hard and support each other to succeed. Benefits are better than the industry average and keep improving each year. Bonus payouts have been well above industry averages for several years.

Senior leaders are nearly invisible across the organization, very little transparency and lots of lip service to things like culture, diversity and leadership commitments without action or accountability. Often significant, unnecessary inflection points and wild swings of direction on teams as leaders come and go. HR is only there to support you until there is an issue and then they will always support the +1's and toss you aside.

Take a hard look at people, practices and GEOS results, the environment globally is not getting better with the same issues persisting year after year. Get rid of those leaders that are so insecure they feel threatened by their colleagues or direct reports.