Gilead Sciences Employee Reviews
Out of 171 Gilead Sciences employee reviews, 74% were positive. The remaining 26% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Gilead Sciences improve their work culture. The Product team, with 81% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Gilead Sciences compared to all other departments at the company. The HR team offered the most constructive feedback, with 33% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Bad middle management that this company needs to learn to shake
Posted 10 days ago
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They give the best mentoring
They hold company events all year around.
Friendly people who care about employees
Even though leadership is busy driving in multiple initiatives in our ongoing diversification & grow, they are engaged, interactive & flexible.
Willing to invest in new areas.
Review from Product Dept
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Ambition, innovation, disclosure, respect for legacy.
Need experienced managers and leaders
Being more flexible around work schedule and timelines
Respect people with low title
Everything is terrible all the time
What is the best part about your compensation package?
The 401k match is the best part.
Industry leading share grants without audit committee backsliding
Health Benefits, Short and Long Term Incentives
Fair pay, stock and bonus.
The base pay is great
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Managers are demeaning, petty and want you to quit so they're critical and grt promoted.
Appreciation about work and recognition for effort
Just be nice. They are mean
Poor leadership and overpaid leadership
The benefits are subpar for SF.
Review from HR Dept
What are some of the best things about your team?
A portion of my coworkers are very intelligent and I can learn a lot from them. Not so much the other half
passionate about the work, however upper management sometimes prohibits/stalls empowerment within team
The level of commitment to their position, being accounatble and to their team memebers
Review from HR Dept
Commitment to their job and the team.
I'm lucky to be in a team that is not understaffed. My boss is good.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Be efficient with meetings and work
Rotate and gain broader business ecoerience
Less gossip and better communications.
Think bigger picture and less about the past and their entitlements
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Pay and benefits, although each year it seems less and less
All the company’s shortcomings in full view, we still make a meaningful contribution to patient well-bei
Local affiliate teams able to switch of global derailers.
The level of Integrity and team work
Review from HR Dept
Gilead supports its employees various ways, group lunches, corporate team builing events, self help and learnings, professional development, growth opportunies, etc
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Priortize work and don't let people do unnecessary tasks
Leadership needs to listen to employees and pay attention to the core business - learn before making changes.
Get rid of management that has been around for more than 5 years
Recognize the need for diversity of team’s selling skills and appreciate those differences. More isn’t b
What did you like most about the interview process?
Broad involvement at all levels of the team
Personal approach, otherwise nothing extra
Personal interviews not via zoom
Having the opportunitiy to meet many people amd levels
Review from HR Dept
Good caring with high performance and integrity
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
More engagement when meeting with people. Most people seem negative and not excited about their work
Assign people who are actually interested in interviewing new people
It's a bad experience. TA is leaderless
Reduce the number of interviews and have a better Talent Acquisition team
Get stronger leadership to define meaningful roles
What makes you most happy at work?
Freedom to push myself, take on new responsibilities, innovate solo and then share, refine, and promulgate creative solutions with ny team
My local team, our customers, impact on patients
Respectability, making an impact and being overly managed
Review from HR Dept
Working with smart, committed, coworkers AND having a leadership team that is suportive
Good caring with high performance and integrity
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
There is no pipeline and people are mean
Senior leadership changes are welcome and needed.
Make things to be a bigger deal than it reslly is
Leveling across job titles needs to be improved
Review from Product Dept
What do you like best about your company?
Many benefits and perks; many company events
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
More hybrid work depending on job functions