Recent changes producing more harm and making it a less attractive place to be - Vice Director Position Roche Employee Review

1.0
10 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great pipeline, great people and talents. Used to like the culture a lot. Strong commitment in changing patients disease journey, outcomes, quality of life

Cons

The recent transformation has brought a lot of hot air - big words, like agility, you make the difference, empowerment, etc are used completely out of balance. This is the biggest shame - now I see top paid leaders on stage that dont share any vision but mention that teams need to come up with vision and strategy etc .... so, why do we need them ? exactly, to produce a lot of smoke and big words....honestly, I dont know which box I ticked wrong in the yearly engagement survey (GEOS) that has made this rapid turn around. Yes, Roche used to have many processes, it was burocratic, etc but now I find it even worse. In terms of career - if you dont come from US / genentech, hardly any chance to grasp a senior role in GPS in the future - there is a strong network that is fostered!

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Pros

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Cons

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