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 (279) , Internship (170) , Estagiário (130) , Project Manager (119) , Manager (112) , Scientist (97) , 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 818 reviews)); "Culture is great and flexinle" ((in 554 reviews)); "The people are great and always willing to help" ((in 468 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 280 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 226 reviews)); "Too many managers per one engineer." ((in 101 reviews)); "Some portions of senior leadership in Tucson are creating an environment of fear and finger pointing." ((in 89 reviews)); "Senior management can be obtuse, HR processes are achingly slow, a lot of institutionalised people" ((in 38 reviews)); "long hours and constantly busy" ((in 37 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?

Madrid , Sant Cugat del Vallès , Barcelona , Oviedo , Santa Cruz , Granadilla , Hospitalet , Valencia

Roche reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(6,457 total reviews)

Thomas Schinecker

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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Roche has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 6,457 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 Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews

3.0

Dec 28, 2023

Employees are tired of the headcount reducing transformations

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As long as you are in this company, you learn a lot and get many opportunities to explore and experience different fields in healthcare.

Cons

You are vulnerable due to numerous transformations in all departments in the company. This is mainly to do with reducing headcounts almost every year since the last 5 years.

Roche Response

2y

Thanks for taking time to share your view. We find ourselves in a rapidly changing environment and, as such, certain transformations are unavoidable so that we can continue to offer our patients the best and most innovative solutions. We are very sorry to hear that you have had a bad experience with this. It is very important to us that employees feel comfortable at Roche and that good cooperation is encouraged. Thanks again for your review, we wish you all the best for your future within our company.

2.0

Oct 25, 2023

Wokified and fad-addled

Operations director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Infrastructure Basel location Facilities Multi-disciplinary

Cons

Woke / ESG-hooked, so performance, experience and education aren't primary promotion criteria anymore. Recent (pandemic) restructurings into "teal"-like organisation (chapters, networks, squad) is a catastrophe: almost zero career progression opportunity combined with a zero accountability culture (self-organised teams, you know, so Chapter Leads not tied into the success of their "members") // Basel fading in relevance relative to US and this is reflected in leadership appointments and work culture.

1.0

Aug 23, 2023

Avoid

Product support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Unable to think of any

Cons

Excessive unrealistic amounts of travelling , a toxic work culture, management are a joke, disjointed and uncoordinated.

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