Roche reviews

- Lack of coherent strategy. There seems to be little intentionality and executive leadership in Sequencing that affects all levels. - Decision-making processes are extremely slow and inefficient. I would describe it as a Kafkaesque nightmare. Documentation and meetings are mistaken for actual work. - A few extremely rude apples ruined the barrel. A senior technical lead once started a meeting with "Show of hands for who thinks ____ is stupid?", a contractor once posted publicly on LinkedIn asking how to decrease the influence of my role, a scientist at the VP level chastised me after thinking that I gave one of his reports constructive feedback (I hadn't, and the feedback was valid). A colleague thought it was normal to go to her car and cry after work meetings. This was an extremely unhealthy work culture, and I still get angry just thinking about many of the interactions I had. - Absolute lack of knowledge about software and software development processes.

Sr. Management is very sleazy and nonstop pathological lying is the culture. They will push subpar/incomplete products out the door only to collect bonus $$ - then spend $$ millions having to redo or correct critical design errors ultimately taking years to correct. Work/Life balance is nonexistent and travel requirements are significantly higher than competitive /peer companies. Leadership style is "fear" based -- "Lie to customers or be fired" is the SOP RMD should be considered an embarrassment to Roche Holdings in terms of integrity.