Managers learn to become just bosses - Anonymous employee Roche Employee Review

2.0
Apr 27, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The average employee is fantastic. When you find a great manager, they are a pleasure to work for. There are opportunities to grow one's career around the world.

Cons

Having spent more than two decades at this company I can assure you that (with very few exceptions) managers are trained by boss expectations to manage upward. Their employees are valued for what they can produce to make the manager look good and nothing else. The company attempts to portray itself as a benevolent organization where each employee cares as much for their customer as for profit or individual advancement. Actually, shareholders, executives and the C Suite think short term profit above all else unless forced to by govt pressure. The company is extraordinarily risk averse. Every 2 or 3 years they introduce a new "philosophy" or cultural change that "will improve employees' and/or customer's lives". These changes are implemented from the bottom up, top management/executives are exempt. i.e. destined to fade into oblivion.

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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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