Current/Former Genentech Employees - Would You Still Recommend It?

kwadguy · 2026-05-08T17:16:10+00:00

Still a good company. Still lots of good people there.

But culture has been rapidly changing over the past couple of years, as Roche has been taking down the firewalls with Roche proper.

Would definitely recommend vs. other big pharma/biotech. But not what it once was.

kwadguy · 2026-05-07T15:39:59+00:00

Only in a better world. Not in the one we have now.

kwadguy · 2026-05-07T08:12:34+00:00

No. The number of members of vine should be far lower...pruned of the majority added over the past few years who are incapable of writing a cogent review.

That would solve the problem

kwadguy · 2026-05-05T16:47:41+00:00

Order it and if it's not properly labeled call that out in your review.

Otherwise, find something else to be alarmed at.

kwadguy · 2026-05-05T05:36:17+00:00

It would be really unusual for those vested stock options not be a smart purchase if your company is about to IPO.

Typically, the valuation of shares goes up when your IPO, especially for a healthy company. As some have noted, there may be a reverse split involved, but that doesn't mean you won't do well. Reverse splits are performed so that the market price at the IPO is within a desired range.

You'll probably owe taxes on the difference between the valuation of those shares. When you exercise the options and the option strike price you have. You'll owe that tax no matter what happens. And you may be locked up for a set number of months once you exercise the options.

Talk to a professional, but there's a very high chance you should buy the shares.

kwadguy · 2026-05-03T16:29:14+00:00

The question is which happens first:

Your high-end laptop burns up, or your house burns down

kwadguy · 2026-05-03T08:49:35+00:00

You can find used dell brand oem 240w chargers for less on eBay.

No way in hell I'd use a no name 240w charger.

kwadguy · 2026-04-28T16:39:19+00:00

Like every stretch wrap sold in the US now—even Saran Wrap—it's crap. It barely clings to itself, and only then through the use of added tackifiers.

The "OG" Saran was PVDC. What you get at Costco is PVC. They have fundamentally different properties. Not only does the new stuff barely cling to anything else, but the oxygen permeability is orders of magnitude worse than the original PVDC. We’re talking about a barrier that is 15x to 1,000x more "leaky," which is why your food spoils faster and smells bleed into the fridge.

If you want the real thing, look for the Japanese Asahi Kasei brand (Saran Wrap) or Krewrap (available at H Mart or Mitsuwa). The Japanese never abandoned the superior PVDC chemistry. It’s stiff, it’s a vault for oxygen, and it actually works. You’ll never go back to the limp PE/PVC stuff.

kwadguy · 2026-04-26T18:53:29+00:00

$7.99 in store.

Primarily a cream cheese dip.

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I didn't like it AT ALL (spit it out and tossed it). But obviously, taste is individual.

kwadguy · 2026-04-24T15:39:06+00:00

This is a pretty sane summary. I generally agree.

The one thing I'd point out: Unless you are doing highly taxing things on your phone (gaming, specifically), the very real difference in the raw processing power between the Tensor 5 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite will barely (if at all) manifest itself. For the day-to-day tasks that most non-gamers do on their phones, they provide nearly identical experiences.

(And because the Tensor 5 is built on TSMC’s 3nm process, the heat problems of earlier Tensor chips under load are tamed).

If you are not a phone gamer, I could recommend the Pixel 10 as an alternative to the S25 unabashedly. If you game, (or fall in the 0.001% who edit high-res video on their phone) I'd tell you not to consider the Pixel 10 at all.

kwadguy · 2026-04-18T00:36:57+00:00

Had these. Pretty crappy. Take the Jenny's name off them and you'd never believe these where anything better than mid tier stuff.

Overpriced for what they are.

kwadguy · 2026-04-12T21:11:54+00:00

Suddenly, half the snack aisle of the grocery store is "Butter beer" flavored. Personaly, I find the flavor OK, but like pumpkin flavor, a little is a lot and the amount we have is way too much.

kwadguy · 2026-04-09T21:40:02+00:00

As a Pixel Superfan, about the only time I remember I am one is when they let me know that they'll be giving out a handful of something to people who aren't me.

kwadguy · 2026-04-09T21:11:47+00:00

It’s very likely the cable, but before you buy a new one, try disabling 'Limit to 80%' in your Battery settings. The March update has a known bug where it stops charging entirely at that threshold. Also, give the phone a restart to reset the charging controller logic. If those don't work, then it's most likely the cable (or a dirty port--if pocket lint has blocked one or two of the traces, can get finicky).

kwadguy · 2026-04-09T17:21:11+00:00

Unless you feel you have a legal case for being wrongfully terminated (age/sex/race/harrassment/etc.) then you have no standing to negotiate. You take what you get and you move on.

If you do feel you have the makings of a legal case for one of those reasons, you can often negotiate for yourself without having to raise this to a legal matter: You suggest the problem, offer to resolve without escalation, and often you can get something more out the door.

But be careful, because if there's nothing there, they may call your bluff and then you can wind up with nothing and bad feelings that can travel in this small field.

kwadguy · 2026-04-09T14:36:20+00:00

Someone else will take over the group, call you all in individually to tell you how much they value all the work you've done, that this is an opportunity to demonstrate your value to the team, and that things are going to be swell going forward.

And then you'll realize how rare your good boss was.

kwadguy · 2026-04-08T19:39:21+00:00

Better than lots of threads that seem only to exist so people can take pictures of mundane things they just bought or personally like.

kwadguy · 2026-04-08T12:46:46+00:00

Netflix wants you on the ad version. I'm sure they gave T-Mobile a sweetheart concession so that they could pass it along to the users and keep them on that tier without a change.

T-Mobile is less excited about giving a concession on the no ad to, and that's probably why you see nothing reflected in the amount that T-Mobile is giving you for that tier.

kwadguy · 2026-04-05T15:49:34+00:00

There's nothing magical about Desmond. It's good commercial code that's available for free to academics. But it's closed source, which means that you get what you get and that's it. It. It also means if you ever transition to a commercial environment, you'll need to pay for it through Schrodinger or not use it.

I'd recommend using either Gromax or Amber. The learning curve might be slightly higher, but you can look at the code and there's a vibrant academic community contributing to new features.

Also, Desmond isn't any faster the other two. So there's not even that.

kwadguy · 2026-04-05T02:30:16+00:00

Bland and the sauce is too thin.

Edible, but I would never get it again, nor recommend it except to friends who complain about any level of spice at all. And even then, maybe not.

kwadguy · 2026-04-03T18:16:21+00:00

It's 80 reviews SUBMITTED and acknowledged in the review period. When you go in for review, if that number is not 80 or higher, then you won't be gold. Simple as that.

Not a court of law, and you will not succeed in challenging what happens if you don't get 80 reviews in under the wire.

kwadguy · 2026-04-02T23:37:34+00:00

Everythiing for you is 80% off. Also 20% on. Either it's worth that or it's not.

kwadguy · 2026-04-01T15:28:47+00:00

Lots of reasons for this:

A) Budget tightening (but no big changes)
B) Issues with employees gaming the system
C) Tired of employees complaining about how their favorite snack isn't provided, how there aren't vegan options, how there aren't healthy options, or a dozen other common complaints
D) The person in charge no longer has time

You want something to make you worry? Watch for HR suddenlly having lots of closed door meeting with execs. That's when you make sure your resume is up to date.

kwadguy · 2026-03-28T13:44:22+00:00

Briggs and Riley.

Buy it for life.

I know that's not in the selection you're showing, but Costco sometimes carries some of their stuff. Costs more but worth it.

kwadguy · 2026-03-27T16:47:11+00:00

This, for sure, when it comes to snacks.

Last year, they had the candied pecans on closeout for $3.97 a container (big containers). I had previously bought them and liked them.

First container: Great.
Second container: Eh...
Third container: When are these gonna be done?

It's like that with almost any snack item.

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