Unqualified senior managment w/ poor communication skills. McDonald style micro management. - Engineer Gilead Sciences Employee Review

1.0
29 May 2016
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Pros

Lots of opportunities to grow and learn if placed in the right team with a good manager. Lots of good projects. Great place to learn about the GxP environment.

Cons

Highly politicized environment and dysfunctional groups combined with highly unqualified and uneducated managers with no concept of team building and mentoring makes for a really poor employee experience. Daily power and political struggles between different groups result in a push-backs from other departments and teams. Micro management is worse than that of minimum-wage workplaces such as McDonald's in some groups. Huge turnover rate with as many as 6 contractors for the same position in less than a year in my group!

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