Mostly good people with disconnected and aggressive mid-level management - Anonymous employee Genentech Employee Review

3.0
21 Jul 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Top notch science Visibility to best scientific advancements in the world Clear vision for drug development

Cons

Little emphasis on staff career growth. Dir/VP level management generally extremely competitive with each other, and with subordinates -- often fear of subordinates going up too fast and taking over their roles. Inappropriate aggressiveness is tolerated on the pretext of "emotional attachment to one's job" -- there is no excuse for shouting and senior management hurling personal insults and abuse in meetings.

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Cons

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