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anonymous said:
Well said. A majority were shallow back stabbers who spent more time lobbying for the next opportunity and less time selling.
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Completely agree. I had always heard how great Genentech as a company was. Was such a disappointment to realize over the course of a year and half what a complete garbage dump this place was. Leadership in USMA is horrible, no real vision, no cohesiveness, no planning and/or transparency. When I started, I was put through some sort of hazing ritual where NONE of my work was good enough and we went back and forth on drafts over 8 to 10 times before saying that I don't enough experience. I come with experience - I know what I'm doing and I was successful in my previous roles. But my leads micro-managed all my work to the point that I got emails about how I wrote emails. Its only when started to talk to GNE oldies that have been there for a while that they said listen hazing is something that goes on here - just take the paycheck and wait for your sabbaticals and keep going until after a few years people will leave you alone.

I really tired to take that advice. I tried to revise my projects over and over and over again only to get more comments and feedback that I don't have the acumen to do the job well. I asked my leads for help. I asked co-workers for advice. I didn't realize how depressed I was in that place and unhappy. I lost weight, couldn't sleep, had palpitations, and was always in state of anxiety waking up and driving to SSF. I felt like all my confidence in my abilities and autonomy were taken away.

I left - the money or sabbaticals are not worth it. I'm so much happier now (although I make less) I have more autonomy and my boss trusts me and I've gotten feedback about how good my work is.
I don't regret trying Genentech; it was a good life lesson. I do regret that I didn't leave sooner.
 






anonymous said:
Completely agree. I had always heard how great Genentech as a company was. Was such a disappointment to realize over the course of a year and half what a complete garbage dump this place was. Leadership in USMA is horrible, no real vision, no cohesiveness, no planning and/or transparency. When I started, I was put through some sort of hazing ritual where NONE of my work was good enough and we went back and forth on drafts over 8 to 10 times before saying that I don't enough experience. I come with experience - I know what I'm doing and I was successful in my previous roles. But my leads micro-managed all my work to the point that I got emails about how I wrote emails. Its only when started to talk to GNE oldies that have been there for a while that they said listen hazing is something that goes on here - just take the paycheck and wait for your sabbaticals and keep going until after a few years people will leave you alone.

I really tired to take that advice. I tried to revise my projects over and over and over again only to get more comments and feedback that I don't have the acumen to do the job well. I asked my leads for help. I asked co-workers for advice. I didn't realize how depressed I was in that place and unhappy. I lost weight, couldn't sleep, had palpitations, and was always in state of anxiety waking up and driving to SSF. I felt like all my confidence in my abilities and autonomy were taken away.

I left - the money or sabbaticals are not worth it. I'm so much happier now (although I make less) I have more autonomy and my boss trusts me and I've gotten feedback about how good my work is.
I don't regret trying Genentech; it was a good life lesson. I do regret that I didn't leave sooner.
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Good on you mate! I wish I had the courage to leave too I have a family the relies on my income and taking a paycut in this economy esp with inflation being the way it is at the moment is not really an option for me. Thanks for having the courage to share your experience, it helps to know that some of us left behind aren't alone in our thinking on how bad it is here. People are not vulnerable enough to share when their leaders are beating them into the ground, not recognizing them for the hard work we put into this place, and while they sit there and do little to nothing, keep spitting on us, making us spin around in circles doing and redoing SMPs and acount plans like anyone actually even uses those things. In my entire career this is the most depressing place to work bc we have terrible leadership that have NO VISION no plan and don't even have the basic qualities to be a leader yet they are at the forefront. Really this is a sad pathetic excuse for an organization - yet I still work here and they tell me I should be glad I have a job. I know several of my colleagues here where their boss is raining shit on them, they are protected by HR so no point at all telling anyone or complaining, so much for "speak up culture" more like "shut up, take it, be thankful the metrics aren't worse (yet), and don't you fucking dare complain".
 












I left because Genentech is NOT the same company and Roche doesn’t care what the “Old Genentech” felt like, Roche simply wants you to move forward and be just like them. “Genentech is gone” attitude.
This is why I left. What I loved about working for Genentech no longer exists. It’s gone…the pride, passion and science all gone.
Many left after me, the good ones still at GNE are hanging on until 60 or 65 - quietly quitting in silence.
 












I left because of the people who work there. Most that are left have zero character, backstabbers, liberal loons, lazy, falsify calls, and skim off their expense accounts. I would be embarrassed to let others know I work for Sodom and Gomorrah Central.
 




























































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