Genentech Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"would not go back, ever."

What do you like about working at Genentech?

"benefits were good, that is probably the best, they have also good commute busses"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"watch out well during the interview and talk with as many people as possible."

What don't you like about working at Genentech?

"people were not rewarded according to thir performance not according to how good a..kissers they are!!!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"need to realize that manager need 2 things -know how to treat people (excatly the soft skills they are BIG on during the interviewing proseess, which is exactlly what managments lacks) AND managers need to go through all the steps of the ladder - you cannot manage people if you have not REALLY worked yourself. Many people cannot realize that in order to become boss you need to be ready to do all the things you made your employees do yourself and to actually know what does this mean to accomplish certain things."

"I can speak only for what I and numerous other colleagues, who are all well-experienced engineering contractors, often say in private to one another about how we are treated within our respective project teams in our department, which deals interdepartmentally with the development of combination devices. When I first came to the company my manager proactively warned me that "There are LOTS of land-mines here!”, particularly in dealing interdepartmentally with the device team. But what kind of a department constantly requires its engineering contractors, whom it titles as “managers”, to walk on egg shells and contend with preexisting bad internal politics originating from mid-level management in a different department? Although each of us is well-educated and has many years of broad experience and accomplishments in the industry, our actions and contributions are frequently blocked because of internal politics stemming from immature mid-level management. For example, one interdepartmental manager will go out of his way to whine whenever we take the slightest initiative necessary to get the required work done on time. The departments deliberately work in silos and so there is poor collaboration interdepartmentally. Yes, there are regular interdepartmental meetings; but one cannot speak both factually and freely in them lest it might rub one manager the wrong way. Behind the scenes, initiative and drive are actively discouraged and contractors know that they will be chastised even for making a simple phone call to another departmental manager to ask a question necessary to complete their work. We are told that such communication can mushroom into prolonged back and forth discussions and questions; but that would only mean that others are uncertain of their own roles and that there exists a broader lack of direction from management at higher levels. In reality this is just a heavy-handed way to restrict the internal channels and free flow of information."

"Genentech is a good company but the culture varies widely from department to department. In my experience people in commercial are the happiest while those in research are most unhappy. The work environment depends a lot on the managers and if you have a bad one then nothing can save you. Overall the company culture is still good but slowly deteriorating."

"Great Company to work for! Highly recommended."

"It is a very great company, if you work in any department other than manufacturing. The benefits are very competitive and the setting of the company is very relaxed. People are generally happy to converse with each other during potlucks and lunches that the company puts together. Manufacturing has a different outlook on the company, though, because it is a 24-hour plant and the company is going VERY lean right now and they are cutting a lot of resources from manufacturing."

"It is still OK as company for IT."

"I worked for last 6 months and we successfully Deployed all the applications in all the environments. The team is very sportive and very cooperative. I loved my experience there. I will recommend it anyone who has opportunity to work there."

"I began my professional journey with Genentech as part of their inaugural class with the Access Solutions Internship Program. Over the course of 15 months I interacted with many departments and supervisors. I then went on to work as a contractor in their non-profit Foundation providing free drug assistance. There was excellent commitment to employee satisfaction on the frontline but a bit of a disconnect at times between the frontline and leadership."

"Good environment, I recommend."

"Love the culture at this company. There's a social event every month."