Could go either way, company values have changed a lot over the last 3 to 4 years & future direction is not clear - Anonymous employee Roche Employee Review

3.0
19 Mar 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The salaries & benefits are good. Office accommodation is generally good and the tools that we have to do our work well. Espoused corporate values are good.

Cons

Particularly in the global functions, the work-life balance is bad since the integration with Genentech as we now have many evening TCs, which means that weekday evenings are usually spent on the phone talking to people in San Francisco. Whilst I like my colleagues in San Francisco, I would rather spend the evenings with my family.... Career opportunities for Europeans, in my area, are non-existent.

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Cons

As a seasoned quality professional I could not recommend enough that you stay far away from this company. The entire Global Quality program is run on gaslighting. Procedures are vague and cryptic and the management solution is always to just copy and paste from another site. You will be told to "speak up" and its an open and collaborative environment, but that could not be further from the truth. Roche is a toxic environment that is run by cliques that pick and choose who gets to succeed. If you dare to speak up you're targeted and ostracized. If you want to succeed there you just need to nod head in agreement and try to follow the cryptic task that is gonna set you up for failure anyway. Success is completely contingent on how well you gossip and politic. The "Branchberg Mafia" is run on emotions and direction will change day to day depending on how leadership feels that day. Again I recommend looking somewhere else if you're looking to make an impact and enjoy a challenge. If you enjoy being a sheep or like weak and emotional management. This is the place for you.

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