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Pros
"Fast paced work environment, collaborative workforce" (in 88 reviews)
"Excellent work/life balance (at least on my team)" (in 84 reviews)
Cons
"Work-life balance could be better" (in 74 reviews)
"Fast paced and many opportunities so prioritization can be fluid" (in 65 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Featured ReviewCOVID-19Helpful (8)
Pros
In these difficult times, ILMN has stepped up to help employees - safety, pay, benefits, and flexibility to get work done. Trying to meet the needs of my family and work is tough - but I know my manager trusts me to get the job done from home right now.
Cons
Ambitious goals and extremely fast pace - its not for everyone.
Continue reading "Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Illumina full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Stocks, work from home, work colleagues, bonuses
Cons
Nothing in particular. Difficult to progress
"Great company for multidisciplinary scientists and engineers"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Illumina full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
I've gotten the opportunity to work with some of the smartest scientists and engineers in the world, and every day is a new chance to both learn something new and to steer Illumina toward an even more successful future.
Cons
Those same smart people tend to want to reinvent the wheel - leveraging existing technology to speed development is a good thing!
Continue reading"Quality Assurance Manager"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Illumina full-time
Pros
Great place to work and develop
Cons
At times operates as a large start-up organization
"CLS II"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Illumina full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great work life balance. Company cares for Employees well being and safety
Cons
Career growth may be slow
- COVID-19Helpful (3)
"Overall great benefits, but day to day culture is suffering"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Illumina full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
As a whole, the company offers great benefits, flexible work arrangements, stock, unlimited time off. If you can get involved early on and build a large network, you can make moves fairly easily within the company. Pre-COVID, there were many opportunities to network and interact with colleagues (if based at HQ).
Cons
The culture is heavily skewed towards "who you know" and many promotions and role changes are given to those that have been there a long time or have made strategic friends. Middle management is mostly in place due to tenure and relationship, rather than management skills. There is a lack of trust in individual contributors - management often makes decisions despite team feedback. In marketing, approval processes are very rigid and lengthy, it is very difficult to be agile. Lots of budget is wasted due to a lack of alignment between the matrixed segments.
Continue reading Pros
Nice people to work with.
Cons
Corporate environment with some questionable leadership in some departments.
"Better than average place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Illumina full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Some smart people, flexibility, pay above average
Cons
Company grew to fast, does not have the infrastructure to support rapid growth. Middle management leaves something to be desired. Some nepotism in certain groups.
Continue reading"Good place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at Illumina full-time
Pros
Good place to work and nice benefits
Cons
none as far as I know.
"A fantastic company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Illumina full-time
Pros
Lots of upward mobility and you are encouraged to interact and collaborate with other teams. Great leadership
Cons
Location in Foster City is beautiful but inconvenient
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