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Ginkgo BioWorks Reviews

2.9

22% would recommend to a friend

(188 total reviews)

Jason Kelly

22% approve of CEO

5% positive business outlook

Ginkgo BioWorks has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Ginkgo BioWorks 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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188 reviews
2.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

People are incredibly smart and driven to make biology easier to engineer. Lots of high quality colleagues

Cons

Business strategy changes frequently, it’s hard to find new and meaningful sources of revenue

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