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      Genedata Reviews

      4.1

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (51 total reviews)
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      Othmar Pfannes

      85% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

      Genedata has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Genedata employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      51 reviews
      1.0
      3 Mar 2019

      Toxic Working Environment

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Co workers were nice and supportive

      Cons

      - Manager regularly called me stupid, raising his voice, in front of other employees. - Manager would often blame things on me, even though I had nothing to do with them. - I once submitted code that needed refactoring, manager's comments were: "given how much we pay you I expect more." - I was regularly berated in front of other employees for not doing a satisfactory job. Little to no advice was given on how to get better at engineering, mostly I was just put down by my manager. I went home feeling sick many days on account of this.

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      Genedata Response
      6y
      Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We are very sorry to hear this about your experience at Genedata. We value our current and former employees' feedback so we would like to hear more about what specifically happened. Please feel free to contact HR to discuss anytime.
      4.0
      13 Sept 2016

      Nice place to work

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Pretty low stress environment, friendly co-workers, many people have been at company a long time. The benefits are generous with a healthy amount of PTO. Very good place to work if you are focused on work life balance. CEO seems to genuinely care about the employees and views company as a family business. Good (slow but steady) progression of products and roll out to new customers and a healthy sales pipeline. Company is profitable.

      Cons

      No clear career progression track/system. There is a lack of social/company events in the US, which at a bare minimum leaves some employees feeling a bit isolated. (The company HQ office in Basel is much better about organizing company events, however). Different groups are very siloed and rarely intermingle. East coast office located in suburbs not ideal if you live in the city.

      2.0
      12 May 2020

      Old fashion German way of Working

      Business development
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great place to start your career to jump to big pharma.

      Cons

      Low (almost non existent) budget to build solutions. Also you are told what to do and are micromanaged, not the opposite where the employee take the reins. Also when you leave they get pistoff with you for pursuing your career elsewhere.

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      Genedata Response
      6y
      Dear colleague, thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to learn about that your employee experience at Genedata did not match your expectations. We care about our employees and we regret, if a colleague decides to pursue other career opportunities outside of Genedata, as we are interested in a sustainable working relationship. Genedata, as an international company, headquartered in Switzerland, invests a lot of effort and time to onboard new colleagues like you with a detailed onboarding plan, followed by training on the job. This close support might be perceived as a form of micromanagement at the beginning of an employment relationship. Due to the complexity and high standards of our products each associate is experiencing a steep learning curve and is provided the opportunity to develop himself/herself on the job. Best regards Nadja Lang
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