Decent salary and culture, but very corporate - Data Scientist Roche Employee Review

4.0
9 June 2024
Recommend
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Pros

People/Culture: I've worked on a few different teams and I've had overwhelming positive experiences Benefits: Decent health and dental, and I like the extra they give to put into a health/personal spending account Compensation: It's average to above average. Nothing too crazy, but it's often above industry average.

Cons

Senior Leadership: Like all big companies, upper management is very corporate. A lot of changes that seemingly make no sense besides boosting the stock price (and consequently, their pay checks) - Time: it's big, there's a lot of hand-offs that happen, and things just move slowly. It took 4 times as long to get access to certain data than we expected because of all of the people/organizations that needed to be involved Career Growth: Roche had a lot of reorgs and it's not mainly flat, so it's hard to progress in your role.

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5.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good team with collaborative environment.

Cons

A bit low salary and unstable position.

3.0
4 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Employee Benefits and beautiful facilities

Cons

As a seasoned quality professional I could not recommend enough that you stay far away from this company. The entire Global Quality program is run on gaslighting. Procedures are vague and cryptic and the management solution is always to just copy and paste from another site. You will be told to "speak up" and its an open and collaborative environment, but that could not be further from the truth. Roche is a toxic environment that is run by cliques that pick and choose who gets to succeed. If you dare to speak up you're targeted and ostracized. If you want to succeed there you just need to nod head in agreement and try to follow the cryptic task that is gonna set you up for failure anyway. Success is completely contingent on how well you gossip and politic. The "Branchberg Mafia" is run on emotions and direction will change day to day depending on how leadership feels that day. Again I recommend looking somewhere else if you're looking to make an impact and enjoy a challenge. If you enjoy being a sheep or like weak and emotional management. This is the place for you.

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