Roche reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,445 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 6,445 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
1.0
Sep 29, 2015

Not what it used to be...

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Pros

Benefits are good but used to be better...job security used to be good but now is gone forever. You can be the hardest working employee and one day...it's taken from you for no reason at all. So be loyal to the highest bidder and change companies often. Chase the dollar and new opportunities.

Cons

If you are lucky enough to have a pension from this company you are a marked target. They will find a way to get rid of you so they don't have to pay it. When you hear "it was a business decision" you'll know they just saved themselves some money at the expense of your years of loyalty and commitment.

2.0
Aug 4, 2015
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Pros

Pay is decent as are health benefits; good 401k matching program; many departments allow work from home a few days during the week.

Cons

Roche has completely changed its culture over the last 10 years from being "family like" oriented; looking out for one another; helping each other; and happy for the success of not only the company but fellow co-workers to one of: backstabbing at every turn; massive CYA on every project or assignment; no decision making because of fear of losing your job; an environment of making it necessary to be "one of the good ole boys/girls" (i.e. exceptional work no longer gets you promoted...now it is ONLY who you know higher up and how much have you kissed that person 's rear); HUGE HR discipline issues...they HAVE to blame someone so make sure you do what everyone else does and massively CYA (you will be disciplined for things that you didn't even do...I was given a written warning and documented counseling for the failure of a project that I and 12 others were assigned to complete over the course of 12 months, and the part that needed my assistance was at the end (still 6 months away from being discussed)...I was not even invited to the initial meetings because they didn't need me, but it became a total guilt by association).

3.0
Jul 6, 2015

Not what you

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Pros

Big Company All of the great benefits that working for a large company should bring (inc. Company Car, Health Insurance etc.) Really nice offices

Cons

Slow to get anything done Some horrible managers MBOs - This is a work that you need to do outside of your day-to-day job... for most people at Roche, their day-to-day job takes longer than the 37.5 hours you're paid for... then to try and fir MBOs just adds insult to injury.

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