Does Active Motif pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Active Motif employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Active Motif. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Active Motif?

77% of Active Motif employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Active Motif 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Active Motif?

Research Associate (10) , Intern (2) , Research Associate II (2)

What are the pros of working at Active Motif according to real employee reviews?

"work life balance is good" ((in 6 reviews)); "friendly people and laid back" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Active Motif according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay, no support for lower level research associates, do the same thing every day, no management training= poor management, high expectations but little to no mentorship or leadership, higher level positions are protected and excused for poor behavior and conduct, HR is not supportive of medium to low level employees, extremely high turnover, age discrimination to younger employees, little to no growth opportunities in both moving up titles and learning within your own position, bad leadership, inconsistent lunch and breaks if work does not demand you to skip both, insane hierarchy, no feedback, gaslighting, condescending, ill" ((in 3 reviews))

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Active Motif Reviews

3.6

77% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)

Joe Fernandez

83% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture and values

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Senior management

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Active Motif has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Active Motif employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

37 reviews

3.0

16 Jul 2025

Good Experience But Poor Pay and Disorganization

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good Coworkers and Fun culture-building events

Cons

Very low pay (they do not treat lab members well), disorganized management, leaders treat the company like a pet project.

4.0

30 Jan 2025

Wonderful Coworkers

Research associate iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great team of people to work with.

Cons

No refreshments in the break room, sometimes shifts can run a little long.

5.0

20 Oct 2024

Great place to do science

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

A really stellar team of scientists and staff, who do creative and innovative work. Institutional knowledge and expertise in epigenetic techniques at a level that is unparalleled outside of a few academic labs. A small but very complete team, from manufacturing to chemistry to bioinformatics. Principally serving RUO and services markets, it would seem that there could be significant upside in the clinical testing space.

Cons

Housing costs in San Diego County rose 56% in two years 2020-2022 compared to growing 5% annually for the previous 6 years, according to Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis data, and have only drifted higher since, helping to make San Diego the most expensive US city to live in 2023-2024

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