Is Roche a good company to work for?

Roche has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 10,924 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 82% of employees would recommend working at Roche to a friend and 68% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Roche have been left by employees working as Praktikant , Praktikant/in and Internship .

Does Roche pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Roche employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Roche. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Roche?

82% of Roche employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Roche 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Roche?

Intern (282) , Internship (171) , Estagiário (130) , Project Manager (120) , Manager (112) , Scientist (98) , Product Manager (84) , Senior Scientist (72) , Data Scientist (71) , Field Service Engineer (62) , Director (58) , Software Engineer (57) , Senior Software Engineer (56) , Business Analyst (54) , Principal Scientist (48)

What are the pros of working at Roche according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good but used to be better...job security used to be good but now is gone forever." ((in 808 reviews)); "Great culture and focus on people" ((in 562 reviews)); "The people are great and always willing to help" ((in 476 reviews)); "Good work life balance (one of the best in the companies that I have worked for)" ((in 409 reviews)); "Stability and good salary compared to other companies" ((in 274 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Roche according to real employee reviews?

"In some departments management is poor and doesn't control the business and the internal processes." ((in 224 reviews)); "Too many managers per one engineer." ((in 102 reviews)); "Some portions of senior leadership in Tucson are creating an environment of fear and finger pointing." ((in 87 reviews)); "Corrupt senior management." ((in 41 reviews)); "long hours and constantly busy" ((in 36 reviews))

What are employees saying about Roche layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Roche layoffs and their outlook for job security at Roche in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Roche locations?

Mannheim , Penzberg , Grenzach-Wyhlen , München , Ludwigsburg , Berlin , Stuttgart , Freiburg , Kornwestheim , Bremen , Gießen , Aldingen , Heidelberg , Friedrichshafen , Potsdam , Wadersloh , Ludwigshafen , Bielefeld , Gera , Kiel , Remseck am Neckar

Roche reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,473 total reviews)

Thomas Schinecker

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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Roche has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,473 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Roche employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

2.0

Jul 15, 2009

Roche Diagnostics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Products that help people's lives (you want your family, or family doctor, to use them) Brand recognition (mostly from pharma and the retail glucose monitors) Public company with the ability to make long-term investments (a rarity these days)

Cons

Constant change over the 18 months Lack of trust in the direction current senior leadership is taking the company Very top-down driven culture with rules that are changing almost daily

3.0

Jul 10, 2009

Too many changes going on

Research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Roche is relatively stable for the next few years (no major patent expiration looming), so there is some degree of job security.

Cons

There are so many changes going on that are creating an uncertain environment at Palo Alto as well as Genetech.

2.0

May 15, 2009

Lot's of opportunities if you can handle the management style

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Large company with a diversity of opportunities. International exposure. Nice coworkers who are, on the whole, capable and dedicated.

Cons

Hierarchial, autocratic management in some cases. Old style command and control behavior which uses power to try to intimidate by keeping people in the dark and off base. Bureaucratic and slow to move. It can be very tedious and require a lot of patience to get anything accomplished. Culturally the company can be very rigid.

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