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      Roche

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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (6,433 total reviews)
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      Thomas Schinecker

      86% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Roche has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,433 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
      Mar 8, 2009

      Interesting work but be prepared to deal with politics

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Large company with lots of resources and interesting projects. Multiple sites and multiple divisions with interesting people working on a variety of problems through discovery and development. Generally good benefits, pension, and working atmosphere. Ability to interact with colleagues in multiple countries and ability to potentially have multiple careers within one company. Ability to attract and review vendors.

      Cons

      Management hierarchy based on politics on not on ability or merit. Too many meetings and yet too many groups not coordinated in efforts. The management does not match the talent of the people who work there. Cutural divide between headquarters in Basel and other sites.

      2.0
      Mar 2, 2009

      making a career in Roche is difficult

      Cls
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      conditions of employment are fine

      Cons

      making a career in Roche is difficult since not talent is the driving force but the number of years working in certain positions

      4.0
      Feb 18, 2009

      Tread Carefully

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Long-term company strategy is on the mark towards personalized medicine. The company has deep pockets. The fact that the company is semi-privately held really allows Roche to focus on long-term results. Roche is in this business for the long-haul, not to appease Wall Street analyst's quarterly expectations.

      Cons

      The fact that they completely bungled getting Mircera to market, and now Actemra is significantly delayed. The entire biotech/pharma industry is in for a change with the new presidential administration and congress. Much uncertainty around the impending Genentech acquisition. Even though Roche is buying Genentech, it certainly feels like the new organization is going to be more like Genentech than Roche. (Wanting to preserve Genentech culture....moving commercial operations from NJ to Sout San Francisco).

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