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GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. read more
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
161
TOTAL
RATINGS
4548

GRAIL Company Culture

GRAIL Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
Choice Employer
A+
4.8/5

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

GRAIL CEO

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Bob Ragusa GRAIL's CEO
Bob Ragusa
87 /100

Diversity at GRAIL

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A+

Diverse employees at GRAIL have rated Team, Executive Team, and Office Culture as the highest categories they have scored

Women at GRAIL

Top 10%Top 10% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A

Women at GRAIL have rated Team, Happiness, and Retention as the highest categories they have scored

GRAIL eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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Recommend to a Friend?

61

GRAIL employees are 61% more likely to recommend GRAIL as a great place to work

70%Promoters
21%Passives
9%Detractors

GRAIL Company News

Working at GRAIL

Working at GRAIL is rated highly by 161 employees, across various culture dimensions. GRAIL employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Compensation, and Environment categories, putting GRAIL’s culture in the Top 5% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 10% compared to other companies in San Francisco. See below in detail how working at GRAIL was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at GRAIL

A+

Overall Company Culture at GRAIL is rated A+

Last updated months ago

Top
5%

GRAIL ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

Results from 161 Employees

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Communications
90
Communications90
IT
90
IT90
Business Dev
88
Business Dev88
HR
88
HR88
Legal
88
Legal88
Sales
86
Sales86
Operations
84
Operations84
Admin
83
Admin83
Product
83
Product83
Engineering
78
Engineering78
Marketing
77
Marketing77

GRAIL Employee Reviews

Out of 922 GRAIL employee reviews, 95% were positive. The remaining 5% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping GRAIL improve their work culture.

95%
5%
Positive Reviews95%
Constructive Feedback5%

Positive Reviews From GRAIL Employees

  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    Everyone is focused on the mission of the company which leads to a lot of collaboration rather than competition. I also like that people are treated as professionals and trusted to do their jobs without a lot of micro-management. Being a remote worker, I truly appreciate that trust.
  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    We are pioneering a paradigm-shifting approach to cancer early detection. We can dramatically bend the cancer mortality curve through our test, and there is incredible excitement and energy around our mission and our opportunity to reduce the burden of cancer.
  • What do you like best about the leadership team?
    There is a focus on our mission and the opportunity to make a significant difference in addressing the burden of cancer. We prioritize our scientific development and innovative work to ensure that our multi-cancer early detection test can get to as many patients as possible, as quickly as possible.

Constructive Feedback From GRAIL Employees

  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    Need 401K match and better eye insurance
  • What does the leadership team need to get better at?
    Aligning our goals with resources

GRAIL Company Information

GRAIL Company Overview

GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

GRAIL was founded in 2016 and its current CEO is Bob Ragusa. Since its inception 10 years ago, GRAIL has grown to 1300 employees.

GRAIL Mission, Vision & Values

GRAIL Mission & Values

GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured.

Websitewww.grail.com/
Founding Date2016
Company StatusPrivate
Jobsjobs.lever.co/grailbio
Social Sites
Headquarters
Menlo Park HQ1525 O'Brien Dr
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States of America
Durham HQ4001 E NC 54 Hwy Assembly Suite 1100
Durham, NC 27709
United States of America
  • Watch this video to find out how GRAIL is conducting important research into early cancer detection.

GRAIL Employees

GRAIL has 1300 employees in 2 locations. 161 employees at GRAIL have reviewed GRAIL across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 161 GRAIL employees give their leadership a grade of A+, or Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at GRAIL are extremely happy with their total compensation at GRAIL, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at GRAIL are extremely happy with their team. 161 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at GRAIL are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at GRAIL believe the environment at GRAIL is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at GRAIL is comfortably fast. About 45% of the employees at GRAIL work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at GRAIL are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
GRAIL employees generally work 9.4 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at GRAIL report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
97% of GRAIL employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
GRAIL employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
83% of GRAIL employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
A Day in the Life
GRAIL employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
A Day in the Life
94% of GRAIL employees call their work environment positive
Environment

Joining GRAIL - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from Comparably users in San Francisco about their company is that it was very prepared on their first day. San Francisco employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 78% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

GRAIL KPIs and OKRs

Employees’ understanding of GRAIL's KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 151 GRAIL employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 138 have said yes.

AnswerPercent
Yes91%
No9%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
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Yes0%
No0%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

GRAIL CEO & Leadership

Bob Ragusa GRAIL's CEO
87 /100

GRAIL CEO Awards and Recognitions

Best CEOs for Diversity 2023 (Large Companies)

GRAIL’s CEO Bob Ragusa started in this role in 2021. Bob’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 5% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in San Francisco. Bob won Best CEOs for Diversity in 2023 specifically for Diversity, making GRAIL’s CEO one of the top rated CEOs by diverse employees. GRAIL’s CEO is highly regarded especially by employees in the Business Development department, employees with Entry Level experience, and employees in the IT department. However, employees in the Marketing department, African American/Black employees, and Non-Binary employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to GRAIL’s competitors, Bob Ragusa ranks right above Roche CEO Severin Schwan. Under Ragusa’s leadership, GRAIL employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and the company’s Environment. Professional Development and Perks And Benefits are two areas, according to respondents, where GRAIL could stand to see real improvement.

GRAIL Leadership

The GRAIL Executive Team is rated an “A+” and led by CEO Bob Ragusa, Chief Financial Officer Aaron Freidin, and Vice President, Legal Abram Barth

  • Bob Ragusa  CEO / President

    Bob Ragusa CEO / President

    Bob Ragusa serves as the CEO / President of GRAIL.

  • Aaron Freidin Chief Financial Officer

    Aaron Freidin serves as the Chief Financial Officer of GRAIL.

  • Abram Barth Vice President, Legal

    Abram Barth serves as the Vice President, Legal of GRAIL.

  • Andrew Partridge Chief Commercial Officer

    Andrew Partridge serves as the Chief Commercial Officer of GRAIL.

  • Eve Marshall Chief of Staff

    Eve Marshall serves as the Chief of Staff of GRAIL.

  • Amoolya Singh SVP Data Science and CSO at GRAIL

    Amoolya Singh serves as the SVP Data Science and CSO at GRAIL of GRAIL.

GRAIL Salaries

How much does GRAIL pay?

How much do people at GRAIL get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at GRAIL is $141,341, or $67 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $142,918, or $68 per hour.

At GRAIL, the highest paid job is a Director of Engineering at $237,211 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $53,579 annually. Average GRAIL salaries by department include: Finance at $104,541, Customer Support at $101,110, HR at $128,972, and Operations at $119,698. Half of GRAIL salaries are above $142,918.

160 employees at GRAIL rank their Compensation in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 331 ratings) while 159 employees at GRAIL rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 15% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 310 ratings).

Salaries contributed from GRAIL employees include job titles like Data Scientist. Comparably data has a total of 0 salary records from GRAIL employees.

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$83k
$83k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$112k
$112k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$143k
$143k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$184k
$184k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$225k
$225k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$272k
$272k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$275k
$275k100th Percentile
$141,341*
Average Compensation
$142,918*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

GRAIL Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at GRAIL

Diverse employees at GRAIL score the company 85/100 across various culture categories, placing GRAIL in the Top 5% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at GRAIL across various culture dimensions.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women 89/100
Department - HR
Men 91/100
Department - IT
Diverse Employees 89/100
Department - HR

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women 78/100
Department - Engineering
Men 78/100
Department - Product
Diverse Employees 80/100
Department - Engineering

GRAIL Perks & Benefits

Unlimited PTO Qualified employees and their spouses or significant others are able to receive our early cancer detection test - Galleri

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Gym Membership / Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Paid Holidays
  • Maternity / Paternity Leave

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan
  • Performance Bonus

Office Perks

  • Free Food
  • Company Social Outings
  • Legal Assistance
  • Work From Home Policy
  • Unique Office Space

GRAIL PTO

GRAIL's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives unlimited days off a year.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy0%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo0%
Less than $500/mo0%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

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H1B Visa

In 2019, GRAIL applied for 12 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 83% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

GRAIL has a total of 1300 employees

12
Total Applied
  • 83% Granted (10 out of 12)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 12)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 12)
  • 17% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (2 out of 12)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Let GRAIL Know You Want To Work There

Overview of Candidates Interested in GRAIL on Comparably

Candidates By Department

All Industries
50%
Business Development
50%

Candidates By Location

San Francisco
50%
Mountain View
50%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding GRAIL

What is GRAIL address?

GRAIL location is at 1525 O'Brien Dr

Who is the CEO of GRAIL?

GRAIL CEO is Bob Ragusa, their score by employees is 87

What is GRAIL eNPS?

The eNPS for GRAIL is 61

What is the salary for Group Engineering Manager in GRAIL?

Group Engineering Manager average salary in the US is 202k

What are the salaries in the Sales in GRAIL?

The average salaries for Sales in GRAIL is 163k

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