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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (6,432 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 6,432 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
      4.0
      Aug 22, 2008

      It's work, but it can be fun.

      Customer care associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The workplace environment is one that benefits the employees. Every now and then, fun activites are planned to promote the employees well-being, such as fundraisers, pitch-ins and more. Overall, it is a great place to work.

      Cons

      The health benefits (for Adecco) are not what they could be, which had I known it before, I probably would have looked someplace else. The pay is reasonable, but healthcare benefits are lacking.

      3.0
      Aug 21, 2008

      Closing Roche Palo Alto

      Research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The location is great, and the people are great. The last few years there has been an effort to grow organically, and hire new young talent. There used to be a pension, but they discontinued it for new hires. It is one of the biggest pharma companies out there, and they are partnering with many small biotechs to bring exciting new medicines to market. Unfortunately, all of the compounds discovered at Roche (that are not from Basel) get killed the slow death from lack of support, delays and fear of the unknown. There are very few people left in big pharma who actually know what it takes to get drugs on the market.

      Cons

      The Genentech buy out will close my site in Palo Alto. But worse than that, our pipeline is completely inverted, and has been for 5 years. We have more phase 3 and 4's than we have new molecules. That is very costly, and the highest levels of management have not let good molecules go forward due to lack of funds. This will kill the company before 2015.

      4.0
      Aug 15, 2008

      Successfull Drug Giant

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Roche is a very Successful company, compared to all the other pharma corporations out there in the world. the drug pipeline looks promising, espceially with all the Genentech stuff.

      Cons

      Roche is very bureaucratic and slow moving company. The Swiss culture certainly is visible and most decsions are taken centrally after months of discussions. While top management is OK, the next level of management in the headquarter is of mixed competence. The recent Genentaech announcement is a downer.

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