Get your 2-3 years of experience and then leave - Associate Manager Drug Safety &Amp; Public Health Gilead Sciences Employee Review

1.0
19 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stock is doing well, decent benefits, okay pay, subsidized cafeterias on campus, free happy hours and bagel days. Basically, perks are offered to distract you from the fact that this work environment is eating your soul. It's a place to get your foot in the door in the biotech/pharma business, but that's about it.

Cons

Incompetent managers, from middle management up to the VP in my department. They are completely self-serving and heartless, and work lower level employees to the bone with no respite and no opportunities for growth/learning/promotions. They won't hesitate to throw their own direct reports under the bus if it will help them look good to their superiors. This place is a revolving door, and almost every manager/director who has talent and/or options in the past five years has left our department as soon as they could. Employees are treated like they are disposable, and management would rather hire remote workers who can be abused from afar with no repercussions than attempt to develop their onsite staff.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

-The only pros are the amazing benefits - probably the best 401K I've seen as well as the highly competitive salaries.

Cons

-Lack of culture is a growing and rampant issue - there is a very high level of favoritism -Micromanagement from senior leadership - instances occuered where they essentially forced an employee to resign and not directly fire him/her just so that they wouldn't have to pay severence package, etc. Managers want to just make themselves look good and make it clear that your only job is to acf as if they are God's gift to this messed up planet. -Lack of proper communication and frequent unnecessary team meetings held which are a waste of time and do not accomplish any desirable results.

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