Great colleagues, reasonable work requirements - Computational Biologist Genentech Employee Review

5.0
2 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Working with lots of clever people makes things more fun and interesting Successfully producing new drugs that help people makes work fulfilling The work life balance is very reasonable so long as you are efficient at getting your work done Management really cares about employees and wants us to be happy

Cons

Flat structure makes it hard to be promoted in more than name Not a great location for living close to work, everyone just about has some sort of commute

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Pros

Patient-centric company. great culture & benefits

Cons

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2.0
19 Jun 2026
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Pros

The work is meaningful and overall the company vision aligns with my goals

Cons

QA management has become inept. None of the leadership (aside from maybe one or two) truly understand the nuances of our site and jobs. They refuse to pay you more due to "budget" reasons but won't provide much information, they claim to be transparent but will make decisions behind your back and not communicate them, even if they impact you and/or your job. Leadership doesn't listen to feedback and gets defensive if you even try to give any. It honestly has become a game of politics only in QA and that's not really building any real quality culture.

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