Roche reviews

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

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
1.0
Aug 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

good benefit. Working for a good cause. Roche has some outstanding (old) products.

Cons

Mafia-styled management culture. Even you do not know anything, as long as you board-lined belong to the gang, you are better off. Too many "professional" managers, not hands-on, do not know much about sequencing technology. All they do is to fight turf all day long. Age, gender discrimination are wide-spread, and encouraged.

2.0
Dec 13, 2018

Golden Cage

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This used to be a wonderful company. Lots of perks, great retirement contribution by the company, highly skilled and motivated people and a great mission. Bonus programs and decent pay.

Cons

However, it is deteriorating consistently for 2 years now and there is no end in sight. 9/80 option was eliminated and there's no intention to bring it back. Budget constraints are getting worse and worse as the company is fighting legacy problems. Research is taking a step back, product development is now done with external "partners" instead of in-house, software development has long been out-sourced and the trend is being continued. There's really no engineering work left that's worth doing and the future for that type of work looks bleak. Roche doesn't seem to mind that highly qualified and high-salaried engineers sit around and create documents and presentations all day as they keep on funding this travesty but if you are a motivated engineer who wants to expand your knowledge and learn new things in your field, then stay away. The Culture is toxic in some departments. Senior managers that care only about themselves and actively keep their employees from growing so they can control them and make sure they won't be a threat to them. Lots of talk about values and opportunity but it feels like empty promises when it is not actively lived.

2.0
Nov 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting and rewarding work, Roche is actually a good company to work for worldwide as the rewards and benefits are fantastic. I been working at Roche over 15 years and although sometimes face the usual issues and internal processes most of the staff are professional and great to work with. Fantastic new office in North Ryde right beside the train station so now very easy to get to, undercover parking if you choose to take car to work.

Cons

Unfortunately within Roche Diagnostics Australia there is a now culture of bullying and some would say this is from the top down. Certain individuals at lower management are repeat offenders especially in NSW. HR and middle management just brush it under the carpet rather than root out the problem leading to a view by many that this is endemic.

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