Roche reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,436 total reviews)
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Thomas Schinecker

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Roche has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,436 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Roche employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
May 12, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits for Hungarian reality. Most of the TLs are horrible with people - just a few of them are good enough to list them in the 'pros' section, however they are pushed down by the higher management. Maybe the experience is different if you're a native Hungarian speaker.

Cons

Barely anybody speaks English. Most of the employees, including payroll, do not speak English, even though I was told otherwise on the job interview, to the point where I was told multiple times to 'ask a colleague to translate' some official communication. Lots of career development is based on who was your university colleague or who your partner is. Management lies, often publicly pretends they didn't hear about an issue while in reality it was raised with them a couple of weeks previously. They behave patronisingly, lie about the salaries (which are very poor comparing to other corporations in the city). Staff changes all the time and is not respected. I spent min. 10h at the office every day - out of which 9h was regular, as it included an obligatory 1h break. Horrible life-work balance.

1.0
Jan 17, 2019

A tale of missed opportunities

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Still a lot of open, interesting scientific problems to tackle.

Cons

- A restricted group of managers originally hired by Genia's founders is still in charge of making all the important decisions. - Those same managers do not fully understand the fundamental scientific problems that need to be solved in order to deliver a product (DNA sequencing device) - People at the Roche HQ up in Pleasanton seem to be ok with it.

3.0
Oct 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some groups are really great, fun, co-operative, and provide excellent opportunities to learn and develop new skills. Great funding, nice lab spaces, good benefits.

Cons

Lack of co-operation between groups, very noticeable politics, micromanaging from senior level management, little to no promotions, poor leadership, toxic competition between teams,

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