Illumina Employee Reviews
Out of 188 Illumina employee reviews, 91% were positive. The remaining 9% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Illumina improve their work culture. The Customer Support team, with 100% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Illumina compared to all other departments at the company. The Marketing team offered the most constructive feedback, with 23% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
Great place to work. New leadership is bringing positive change.
They seem to have the employees in mind when making decisions. They actually care.
Our leadership team is open to things that we find wrong or no longer valuable. I listen to what we need in order to improve our work quality and capabilities.
Positive mindset, goal oriented, direction
Sharing information with the employees as soon as possible
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Fairness, equal opportunities, unbiased assessment of technologies
Review from Engineering Dept
Listening to employees and stop lying
Company is weak on process and high on complicated outputs
Review from Marketing Dept
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Being able to balance work and private life
Really good health insurance package.
High cash base, worthless RSU & ESPP given decline in stock price
I love the unlimited time off and 2 1-week shutdowns a year, along with holidays.
The Variable Compensation Plan and the annual $500 lifestyle allowance bonus.
Review from Engineering Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
They do not show exactly how to get a promotion which would increase your pay faster than standard pay increase increases each year. The raises every year tend to be 2 to 3% which is below market.
I'm currently working as a contractor so I don't think my benefits are altogether that great.
A salary that can compete with similar jobs in the area
my compensation is well below the local average
What are some of the best things about your team?
Everyone is smart, flexible and hard working.
Great sense of humor combined with high competency level.
We all get along and have the passion for what we do. Havent seen a bad apple yet!
Open communication, helping each other, support of all team memebrs
Review from Customer Support Dept
Great team player and willing to share knowledge
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
drop the mandatory team meetings in favor of a more project oriented approach
Review from Engineering Dept
Better distribution of labor, establish roles and responsibilities
Review from Marketing Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
They try to offer fun events to interact with people all over campus
My team and our regional leaders.
Great teams, wonderful environment, healthy choices, equity and fairness as a priority with inclusion and hard-work together.
Our mission really permeates across the company as well as our culture of innovation.
Sometimes we are super busy, but thats the nature of things. Managers are always checking in and making sure we are ok. We are able to take time off whenever we need it.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Managers need to keep politics out.
Restore humbleness and collaborative and confidence in job security
Review from Marketing Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
The people were nice and knowledgeable
I felt comfortable interviewing with Illumina.
Got to meet several people who I would be working with. Everyone was friendly and attentive. It was virtual.
Very straight forward. Fast decision making. Positive and open conversation
Review from Customer Support Dept
I met a wide variety of people.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
There aren't any Interviews reviews of Illumina yet.
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What makes you most happy at work?
My team is made up of sensible people.
My team, my coworkers, the opportunities and inspiring mission.
Knowing that I have a career path and people who are in my corner. It's not just a dead end where I will not be able to grow.
Contributing to company's mission. Being able to have impact on processes and improvements
Review from Customer Support Dept
Making a difference, working with great people, and learning.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Competition is becoming better and better and due to conservative views in R&D, innovation is slowing down
Review from Engineering Dept
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Simplifying things. Sometimes processes are unnecessarily complicated.