And you think Amazon's culture sounded bad - Anonymous employee Gilead Sciences Employee Review

2.0
23 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The stock price just keeps going in the right direction and there are many very talented people working in the trenches.

Cons

There's a lot of great talent that is wasted working at Gilead. The management is oppressive and the company prides itself on cultivating a fear based culture. Very negative place to work...it's felt this builds character in the staff. The management is fearful of any outside ideas and all decision are made by a handful of lifers in senior roles. This makes innovation impossible at a time when the company really should be embracing new ways of thinking. I"m sad to say, my time there was the worst employment experience of my career.

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Cons

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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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