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    Gilead Sciences Reviews

    Updated 16 August 2018
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    Gilead Sciences President & CEO John Milligan
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    Pros

    • "Great benefits, great leadership, teamwork" (in 42 reviews)

    • "Good benefits; good culture; decent place to work for" (in 33 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Work-life balance is lip service" (in 116 reviews)

    • "No work life balance because of the heavy work load" (in 32 reviews)

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    1. "A genuinely Great Company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Finance Manager in Cork
      Former Employee - Finance Manager in Cork
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Gilead Sciences full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great culture, Excellent facilities worldwide. Dedicated employees, great focused leadership team and most of all every employee is contributing in some way to help cure very sick people.

      Cons

      Not too many come to mind

    2. Helpful (7)

      "QC Chemist Cork"

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      Former Employee - QC Chemist in Cork
      Former Employee - QC Chemist in Cork
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      It's better than being unemployed.

      Cons

      This was the worst company I have ever worked for. The atmosphere felt hostile. There was very little collaboration between colleagues, and management were ruthless. Don't take positive reviews about gilead being at the forefront of science to seriously, they were not from my experience. There was a terrible blame, and fear based culture there. It felt like being in one of those dark work houses of old that you might read about or see on documentaries.

      Advice to Management

      Perhaps consider your motivation for perusing a career in management. If mentoring and encouraging people don't feature highly in this, then maybe your not suitable. Managers need to be people who are motivated by more than just job titles, ambition and personal success. They should love their field, want to lead people in a positive way, and help cultivate their futures. Even the military has evolved in terms of the way it leads people.

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Not a bad place to work"

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      Current Employee - Senior Packaging Engineer in Cork
      Current Employee - Senior Packaging Engineer in Cork
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Gilead Sciences full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Typical formal GMP environment
      Good flexibility on hours
      Good wage

      Cons

      Expensive canteen with no local amenities
      Outdated processes resistant to change

    4. "Challenging, Project driven, but despite being cash rich, day to day budgets are far too tight !"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cork
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cork
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Gilead Sciences full-time

      Pros

      For the most part, a professional work environment, with highly experienced/qualified workers

      Cons

      work politics, inter-departmental trade offs, management are invisible (or office bound). Too many middle management or "titled" layers.

      Advice to Management

      Get into the nuts and bolts of your Dept. and be seen to do it. Walk the floor every day you can. Flatten the organization.

    5. Helpful (4)

      "QC Chemist"

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      Former Employee - QC Chemist in Cork
      Former Employee - QC Chemist in Cork
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Gilead Sciences full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Gilead is a really nice place to work, with really friendly and supportive staff. The work they do is very interesting

      Cons

      Too much workload on some teams within the QC department.
      The wages are low when compared to similar roles in the pharmaceutical industry

    6. Helpful (9)

      "Chaos caused by metrics"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cork
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Cork
      Doesn't Recommend
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Life saving products and strong pipeline

      Cons

      Micro management, blame culture, disorganised chaos.

      Advice to Management

      Have trust and faith in your employees. Move away from reliance on metrics.

    7. Helpful (11)

      "Chaos. Poor employee value."

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      Former Employee - Middle Manager in Cork
      Former Employee - Middle Manager in Cork
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great product. Science led organisation knows how to develop products.

      Cons

      Constant blame culture. - no respect for employees - promotions based on who you know not what you've done.

      Advice to Management

      Hire the right people first. Stop blaming someone else for your mistakes. Promote based on real performance achievements with fairness and balance. Earn respect.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "senior"

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      Current Employee - Senior in Cork
      Current Employee - Senior in Cork
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Very Good salary and package

      Cons

      very political and us centric

    9. Helpful (2)

      "IT Intern"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Friendly work environment, approachable managers

      Cons

      Very behind in technology, poor work/life balance for full time employees

    10. Helpful (6)

      "Terrible Terrible company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Full Time Employee in Cork
      Former Employee - Full Time Employee in Cork
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Gilead Sciences full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good salary and benefits
      And there is absolutely nothing else I could add to the pros of this company other than they produce great products.

      Cons

      You get the good salary and benefits in return for your life - Gilead does not believe in a work/life balance. Management are just terrible but to be fair it is not their fault - their just snowed under with new projects/initiatives, they are under a lot of pressure also. Very educated and intelligent people work there, however these peoples ideas and sound knowledge regularly gets shot down by management, due to insanely tight budgets that departments are forced to work with. There is a lot of frustration within the company due to all of this, which makes for a very unhappy and unhealthy work atmosphere.

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