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      4.1

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (6,458 total reviews)
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      Thomas Schinecker

      86% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Roche has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,458 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
      Jul 8, 2023

      Insular

      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay and benefits; a great mission that truly helps society (especially during COVID); generally kind co-workers

      Cons

      They are wary of "outsiders" - if you haven't been there for 10-15+ years they are skeptical of you, your ideas, and your motives. They don't seem to want to improve - continue to keep and promote the "old guard"

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2023

      Very good work conditions, but be very careful to always cover your back...

      Mechanical engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Workers rights and work-life balance are important in Roche. - Once you're in, they try to keep you. If your project expires, they try to relocate you somewhere else. - Very flexible with home office and working hours. I can be working at home and, when needed, drive to the site and do whatever I need to do. - They provide all the tools needed for the best work conditions. - There's a control meeting with your team manager each week. He shall help you in anything you might need.

      Cons

      - Not much promotion expectations if you don't speak Swiss German or have a Swiss degree. - You might find some disrespectful colleagues if you didn't study in Switzerland or you're not understanding Swiss German. Not the most though. That's not Roche exclusive. - Many repeated software tools, apps and procedures that could be unified. Some of these are obsolete. - Project managers only give priorities but rarely due dates. Afterwards they come up with urgencies, specially when they gave you 3 or 4 tasks with high priority. - Project managers don't communicate clear requirements for the tasks. Be sure you deliver a very good solution because they don't appreciate iterations and shall quickly escalate to the team manager behind your back. - Almost nobody makes minutes of meeting. Be sure you make them in order to defend yourself in front of the project manager, your team manager and his manager afterwards. Thankfully, the team manager shall most probably defend you.

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      Roche Response
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      Thanks for sharing this positive review with us! We are working hard to ensure our employees are inspired and engaged to do their best work so that we can bring medicines and diagnostic solutions to patients faster. We firmly believe that every employee at Roche deserves an excellent Leader – someone who inspires and encourages teamwork. For this reason, we formulated the “Leadership Commitments” in 2012 based on the input of 1,500 senior managers. They set clear expectations for today and the future. The aim is to promote and emphasise the importance of good managers at Roche. We expect everyone to demonstrate these commitments every single day. Thanks again for your review, we wish you all the best for your future within our company.
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