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RANK: 15 (Previous Rank: 80)
Genentech
Headquarters: South San Francisco, CA
2002 Revenues ($ millions): 2,719
U.S. sites: 2
Year founded: 1976
Website: http://www.gene.com

  COMPANY INFO
Industry: Biotechnology

EMPLOYEES
U.S. Employees 6,110
Employees Outside U.S. 3
% Minorities 40
% Women 51

JOBS
New Jobs (1 year) 947 % Voluntary Turnover 8
% Job Growth (1 Year) 19 Applicants 168,000
Professional Training (hrs./yr.) 32    
 
SALARY
Most Common Job (Professional) Research Associate Salary $62,553
Most Common Job (Hourly) Manufacturing BioProcess Technician Salary $40,974

SUMMARY
This biotech pioneer, known for its "casual intensity," offers big-company perks like a hair salon, dry-cleaning services, and sushi in the cafeteria while keeping bureaucracy to a minimum. A soaring stock price doesn't hurt either.


N/A: Not available.
U.S. Employees: Includes part-timers as of time of survey.
Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover: Full-time only.
Average annual pay: Yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of professional or technical employees and production or service employees. Data from summer 2003.
2002 revenues: or latest fiscal year.
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