When people ask me how long I’ve been with Roche, I always say: “I’m home-grown”. I started as an intern with Roche 5 years ago and since then have had the opportunity to gain insights into a variety of our business areas and take over more and more responsibilities. Currently, I’m a Learning & Organizational Development Consultant.
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I emigrated from Ireland in 1995 and landed in San Francisco with only a backpack, and the name and phone number of a friend's friend! I did some consulting work in the healthcare industry before joining Genentech in 1999 as a Network Engineer; that was the beginning of my exciting 15-year Biotech journey. Marriage and two kids later, life has never looked so good!
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Only scientists work at Roche? Not correct! There is also a lot to do in the healthcare industry for engineers and architects. Tom Sturt tells more in a conversation with e-fellows.net.
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Although our work seems to be ordinary and insignificant, we are always stand by to conquer all the difficulties and fulfill every requirement. Every step we take is one step closer to our “north star”: To ensure all the diagnostics report are delivered efficiently and every medical decision is made preciously.
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Tim Wörth was born in Mannheim and has been a Senior Company Doctor at Roche for almost four years. This had not initially been his plan, but today he is very satisfied with his work. Read about his day-to-day work at Roche.
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My work helps Roche to make sure patients receive our products all over Europe and continue their treatment. It’s extremely rewarding to know that I’m helping cancer patients, among others, who desperately need our products.
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We are proud to share the success of Beth, our first engineering apprentice, who graduated with a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
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On June 16, 2016, Roche Canada employees and family members participated in the annual global Roche Children’s Walk. One hundred per cent of the funds raised, along with the corporate match, will go to support the orphans in Malawi who lack the bare essentials in life, the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada, and Habitat for Humanity GTA.
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Estamos comprometidos en ofrecer oportunidades profesionales locales y globales haciendo de Roche el mejor lugar para trabajar.
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Las iniciativas de cambio necesitan el respaldo y el apoyo de un número considerable de personas, pero sobre todo necesitan que esas personas luchen por hacerlas posibles.
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You don't need to be a doctor or chemist to help develop new medicines. Here's how Linda uses her IT skills to make a difference.
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“After a few years of academic basic research during my doctorate in molecular biology, I felt that I wanted my work to have more impact on the treatment of diseases.”
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I have always been focused on solving the puzzles related to Alzheimer’s disease and other psychiatric diseases. I am a medical doctor with expertise in clinical pathology, neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders. Currently, I work as a Global Medical Leader for Alzheimer’s disease Partnerships between Roche Pharma and Roche Diagnostics.
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Heterogenic teams are more successful than others are? Sounds plausible! Exactly for this reason, companies do their utmost to specifically promote the individual diversity of each team member? Sounds really nice in theory! However, Patrizia, Giuseppe, Din and Nadine confirm that this is more than just lip service at Roche - it is a living reality.
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What do you consider your mission in life? As for a medical biologist like me, it is helping as many patients as possible, every day again.
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Roche Diagnostics has launched a bespoke 3-day Work Experience Programme to inspire young people aged 14-17 to discover career pathways in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
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Our operations and distribution are driven towards providing wider access to medicines and medical solutions for Filipino patients
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I can learn from the best in the field. The best place to learn all about HR.
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I found a career, friends and a fun community
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When Regina joined Roche as a fresh graduate, she had no idea how many opportunities for professional development and career building the company had in store for her. Since she started, she has been promoted, she has travelled, held a client workshop, even produced a dance performance with her colleagues.
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This crucial pivot connects me to a bigger purpose to drive customer value beyond sales; to deliver results that have an impact on our patients lives. Today, our business planning sessions include an empty “red chair” at the table that reminds us to include our patients and customers in our solutions.
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High school diploma in your pocket and now what? Gain practical experience during your studies? No idea what to do next? At Roche, we offer you the opportunity to gain experience, to learn and to develop yourself. Our HR expert Sabina Dick explains exactly how you can get started at Roche.
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My role is to work with our internal teams and government to ensure our innovative medicines are funded and can reach patients faster.
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Do you want to know how I got where I'm today and who supported me along my way? The answer is simple: an awesome team, a unique company culture as well as great opportunities and support for personal development. Let me introduce you to my story of 10 years Roche...
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For more then 10 years, we have always been passionate and constantly updating our knowledge, learning new skills, trying to do what patients need next.
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The data generated from studies and observational research will help patients, health care providers, and policy-makers, take better decisions on how to improve the health care system
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It is solving every problem for clients and patients that makes our daily work meaningful. We believe that our work not only affects every laboratory physician , but also contributes to every family, the society and human health.
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We apply artificial intelligence, big data and the Internet of Things technology to help Roche establish new business and service models in IVD industry, thus helping our customers and patients with high technologies.
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"Every day I am honored to have the opportunity to help make sense of data, for the sake of understanding the science and more so to enable better informed decisions. It has been a privilege to work with a talented team across global sites and different functions to develop NGS-based diagnostic products and demonstrate their medical value through clinical projects on real patient samples."
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Begleiten Sie Mathias bei einem typischen Tag als Medical Affairs Trainee bei Roche:
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Frederik Just is 31 years old. He started his career at Roche in the Diagnostics Global Divisional Controlling department in Basel. There Frederik supported the Headquarter Controlling and as Finance Business Partner Personalised Healthcare (PHC). He has been Business Controller at Roche Diabetes Care Germany since August 2018.
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“Das besondere an meiner Arbeit ist, dass ich in ganz unterschiedliche Projekte involviert bin, die große Teile des diagnostischen Bereichs abdecken. Mit Hilfe von data science und statistischen Techniken arbeite ich an klinischen Studien für diagnostische Tests und unterstütze bei Behördeneinreichungen.”
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For twelve months Eva Lenz-Nelis from the Market Access team in Grenzach, and Michele Melhem, Product Strategy team for Neuroscience and Rare Diseases in Basel, are working in each other’s roles. They share their experiences here.
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For Daniela Maisel it has always been clear: no job is not a possibility for her - but without a family it is also not possible. As a mother of two small children, she talks about her daily work as a mother, how she is simultaneously advancing her career and that good organisation is her personal recipe for success.
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"Our field workers are truly extraordinary colleagues" - Tim Neuendorf talks about his start at Roche as a dual student, the challenges the field force is facing and his role as project manager for complex full automation projects in Germany.
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I am in the final semester and writing my master’s thesis based on my internship in Formulation R&D Oral Dosage Forms. This internship is part of the Roche Internship in Small Molecules Programme (RiSM) and gives me a valuable insight into formulation development of oral dosage forms.
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"Where your voice is valued" - your own workstation, flexible workstations, open-plan office, creative zones or would you prefer "home office"? Our site in Waiblingen has launched a new pilot project to find out which concept best suits to their employees - because in the end the majority decides.
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In order to find out how to communicate correctly and why good communication is of great importance (...) around 70 apprentices and dual students set off for the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.
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Hi, my name is Ebru, and I am from the Schwabenländle in Germany. I am studying pharmaceutical engineering at the Albstadt Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences and am about to graduate with a bachelor's degree.
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Hi, my name is David, and I’m from Germany. I’m studying bio- and chemical engineering (master’s) at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. My interest in pharmaceuticals and healthcare in general, started back in my bachelor’s, when I was studying bioengineering.
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Follow your passion because it's the source of your motivation!" - Yin Cai gives insights into her work as a leader, her leadership style and her viewpoints around work-life balance and "successful working days.
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At Roche Diagnostics Germany, digitisation is a journey of the organisation, which has been ongoing since 2016. Since 2019, the Digital Business Lab drives digital initiatives forward in an agile process.
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Converting an idea into reality is a rollercoaster of emotions, frustrations and hope. Accept this fact and push for it.
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I’m a 20-year-old undergraduate in the field of molecular and technical medicine and I come from the Black Forest, Germany. This is my first internship in the pharmaceutical industry.
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During my Trainee Program at Roche I have strongly developed from the professional as well as the methodology perspective.
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My work helps Roche to manage change. There are a lot of internal changes and I am helping people to get comfortable with new situations. To successfully implement change, you have to organise training that is specifically geared to meeting new challenges and improving employees’ skills.
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You need courage, trust in yourself and the people for such a journey. "Being alone was never frightening, but rather enriching. I have learned a lot about myself and it has shown me how much power I actually have and what I can do."
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Caryn was recently asked to provide her opinion on what makes someone successful at Roche and she has shared her top five tips with us.
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Two data experts reveal how expertise can help thousands of people lead better lives - for example, by developing a dashboard that already knows today which drugs will cure tomorrow.
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I was drawn to the opportunity where I could translate complex systems into intuitive user interfaces in an environment, where state-of-the-art technology is used to improve the lives of patients and healthcare professionals.
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Never tried mobile working before? We talked to Bektas Uenal from the production department at Roche in Mannheim about his first experience with mobile working.
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Every day, Thorsten Haane pursues his passion for gastronomy as the Head of Production of Roche's Casino Operations. His goal is not only to provide the people at the site with food, but also to provide them with a platform for optimal nutrition and enjoyment in everyday working life.
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In a traditional IT company, you can only grow as a technician, but in Roche you are given the opportunity to grow in both, technically and form a soft skill perspective.
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Scientific work, international teams and a specific benefit for patients – this is what Dr. Evelyn Stuwe likes about her work as HTA Manager at Roche. Apart from this she also reveals in the interview why one has very good career opportunities in her occupation.
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I find it important to accompany employees in setting realistic goals. I see supporting them in this and promoting their strengths as a crucial part of my work. A good manager should also understand how individual colleagues work together in a team, what their expectations are and what happens on the interpersonal level. On this basis, responsibility in the team can best be shared.
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Roche is a place that encourages employees to grow and learn and offers employees great internal career opportunities.
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A lot of things in life have to fit: job, outfit, partner and this does not only apply to love life! It also has to "match" in digital mentoring, a programme run by Roche in Mannheim and Penzberg, where colleagues help each with digital tools.
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I chose to stay because I was inspired by the vision of Roche Sequencing leadership team and firmly believed that sequencing and informatics will redefine the future of medicine.
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What interested me in Roche’s Business Perspectives Program was the genuine purpose, fast-paced, changing environment and international setting of this global development programme and the opportunity to complete rotations in four different countries and learn about their functions and needs.
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My work helps Roche to bring new, reliable Point of Care solutions to the market, directly to the patient’s bedside, to enable health care professionals to make the right decision in critical and life-threatening situations when time matters most.
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Having fun doing the job and having fun at work in parallel – we’re a super awesome team in our department and beyond that, too. We stick together when things get stressful, we support everyone who needs help and we laugh a lot, which boosts motivation.
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My job helps to improve patients’ lives because we strive to ensure that life-saving and innovative medicines become available to our patients. In doing so we work with German government systems to find the best way forward.
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In my experience, Roche is a company that really provides the support its workforce need to learn and grow professionally. I started with Roche on an internship course 6 years ago and since then I’ve had the chance to work in 3 different roles and even move countries
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I love epidemiology, which is the art of understanding how certain factors affect health, but I’m equally passionate about the continual advances in the technology and methods. This attracted me to Roche.
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In July 2018 the company-own day-care centre "ideenReich", costing 3.3 million euros, was inaugurated by Roche in Grenzach. With the extension the day-care centre offers care places for up to 65 children with flexible opening hours and only few closed days.
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My research passion lies at the intersection of neurobiology and high-resolution imaging. My ambition is to develop and use new technologies and modalities for investigating pathological mechanisms underlying brain degenerative conditions to ultimately help develop better ways to monitor and treat disease.
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Suddenly you are standing alone at the head of a team, in the focus of attention: Is it time to take control as alpha wolf? Not for Lukas Berger, who in his first year as Marketing Director Respiratory Diseases at Roche above all placed his emphasis on: Listening and trust. In the interview he explains why good leaders are not lone warriors and which mantra had accompanied him through the first twelve months.
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A Software Technical Writer, dog-mom, creative thinker, and lover of all things innovative.
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I feel really proud to be part of Roche that provides me the opportunity to work in a multicultural environment and let me grow both professionally and personally. My role of Customer Advisor gives me the chance to develop my communication skills and have a better knowledge about the business needs.
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Preclinical and clinical drug development is a global undertaking, and our diversity is huge. Team members come from all over the world. Working with skilled and talented people to exchange experience and ideas and to develop future treatments is great fun.
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Since 2003, more than 220,000 Roche employees have been participating in the Children’s Walk that is held annually across the whole world. With the donations collected, children in need were able to be supported in substantially improving their living conditions in the areas of education, nutrition, basic medical development and social development.
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It's great to see how the women encourage each other to achieve their goals.
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When I describe career development at Roche I typically say that it is what you make of it. We have tons of resources and tools around it, but I believe it goes deeper than that. Career development is part of our culture. It is an expectation of Roche that all of our employees continuously grow and develop.
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My advice for new colleagues is to stay forever curious because it is only then that you realise opportunities to grow and develop. Learning is a journey that never ends – as long as we stay curious we will always discover things we did not yet know.
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“Intensive, constructive and appreciative.” With these few words, Yvonne Kaiser describes her involvement in the leadership workshop, which Roche organized and ran in Mannheim once again this year. Twelve external talented individuals and up-and-coming Roche executives spent two days playing leadership roles. But what does it actually mean to be a leader?
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My work helps Roche to maintain a high distribution service level to our customers in Switzerland. Our main values fostered by our management are respect towards each other, open inter-departmental collaboration, good work-life balance, as well as organisational stability.
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It is truly a diversified environment. From the interdisciplinary education to the multi-cultural workforce, I strongly believe our collective experiences and passion will drive the innovation engine to develop the next meaningful diagnostics solution for patients.
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I was surprised how quickly one can also gain a foothold in such a large company.
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On March 19, 2018, it was time for the apprentices and students of the class of 2016 to head off for the ″We in the Process″ week. After having already completed two project weeks in Mainz and in Prüm, the third and last project week now took us to the Center Park in Medebach.
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Clemens Krämer joined Roche in 2007, right after finishing his studies and has been working as a Technical Project Leader Meter Development at Roche Diabetes Care in Mannheim since 2016.
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In the early morning of the 5th of March, it was off to the small town of Prüm in the Eifel for the cooperative university students and vocational trainees from Mannheim, Waiblingen and Grenzach to begin the “Fit for the #Team” Week. The main topics of the week were communication, giving and receiving feedback correctly, #team spirit and Work 4.0. and a lot of exciting group activities.
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I continuously benefit from the perspective and the overall understanding of the market, people and company.
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For me, Roche is a unique and truly interesting company. We develop diagnostic products, but we are also responsible for treatments and treatment monitoring.
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The well-being of our employees is something that is very important to us at Roche. Therefore the promotion of health has long-since been integrated in our everyday company life. Every day roughly 15,900 employees at the locations Grenzach, Mannheim, Penzberg, Waiblingen and Berlin develop, produce and sell innovative products for health.
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Roche as an employer is innovative. The company’s work environment is just as progressive as its approach to developing new medicines in its core business.
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The culture at Roche is very open and people are approachable. They take their time to listen to what others think and feel, and are always willing to help in any way they can.
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The KiTa (day-care centre) "ideenReich (realm of ideas)" at Roche Pharma AG in Grenzach is currently being extended. The first building of the Kita 2012 was a complete success and was well accepted by the employees. But it quickly became clear that more space than was initially able to be offered will be needed.
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With the birth of her son and as a senior manager, Dr. Kerstin Borgards asked herself the question three years ago: How do I strike the right balance between family and career and still also meet my own needs at the same time? She tells us that this situation calls for more than just good planning and that men don’t have it much easier in this respect either in the following interview.
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Software developer, master brewer, and cellist. Would you immediately have thought of Roche when hearing the names of these occupations? No? Then you will find out something interesting. Five employees report on the exciting and unusual occupations in which they work at Roche, and on what makes these so unique.
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I started my journey in Roche as a perspective in October, 2017. My first assignment is in the area of talent acquisition strategy for Roche Diagnostics.
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I started at Roche in October 2017 with my first assignment in Basel. For this assignment I had a dual role, as a Project Manager and as a Business Analyst for the People Project which has been rolled-out globally.
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Peter is one of 15 employees at the Grenzach Roche location who have participated in the first round of the newly initiated job shadowing programme. This makes it possible for employees who never or only rarely stand in direct patient contact to sit in for a day with an office-based physician or at a clinic and to experience everyday work there first hand. In the interview Peter tells us about his experiences.
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Joshua Dröschel is the first dual studies student at Roche in Germany who was able to participate in an exchange between Pharma and Diagnostics during the practical training. In the following he tells us about his experiences.
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Two and a half, three or three and a half years are now behind us, and we have reached our goal. The final exams are over and all trainees and students in dual study programs of Roche Diagnostics celebrated their successful graduation on December 4, 2017 in the forum on the Mannheim works premises.
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Roche as an employer is for sure a good choice! During my apprenticeship, I constantly felt supported to develop further, take advantage of all chances, bring in my own ideas even as a new young professional, push innovation, and focus on my career.
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The time I spend working with individual project leaders and research teams, understanding the amazingly innovative work they do, and helping them communicate their strategies and achievements, is probably the aspect I find most rewarding in my role.
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For the Perspectives Programme, we’re looking for people who are in the early stages of their career (1-5 years' work experience) with a global mindset, team spirit and leadership potential. Personally, I believe sharing Roche’s values, remaining humble, and being able to adapt quickly to diverse environments are the most important elements.
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The RiSM programme gives students the opportunity to gain work experience in the pharmaceutical industry. The programme has helped me bolster my knowledge by simply giving me the chance to work and interact with industry experts.
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Personal and professional development are very important for me. For Roche too.
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My typical day at work is quite varied. As a member of the Ophthalmology Discovery team, we are focused on early development programs for retinal and other ocular diseases. Translational medicine is extremely interdisciplinary, bringing together specialists from a myriad of biomedical disciplines.
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Just as the patient is important to Roche, so are its employees. Roche goes the extra mile in looking after their employees by giving them the opportunity to give back to society in the form of volunteer opportunities, fun, creative activities during the course of the day and internal learning and development opportunities.
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Technology plays a very important part in Roche; from new drug discovery, manufacturing, sales and marketing to customer analytics. Technology helps to automate daily manual work, improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
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I wanted to work for Roche because its values align with my personal mine. I love the fact that the company nurtures and develops its employees and recognizes that its people are its assets. Roche makes an impact socially and economically. Roche gives all employees an equal opportunity to grow in their career.
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Roche as an employer offers many functions at one location: Research & Development, production and site services. Roche is also one of only few companies that have its own engineering department. It is exciting to work with so many different interfaces.
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The people who work at Roche have a real passion, courage and integrity in what they do. This is reflected to a great extent in IT, where colleagues take advantage of the technology and resources available to them to deliver real value to the Business.
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At Roche every single employee counts, is esteemed and gets the support he or she needs to reach his or her goal – this makes the company special to me!
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My work at Roche enables me to put my analytical and technical skills to specific use in a multidisciplinary, dynamic and international environment, to take on new challenges and to play an active role in shaping the future of laboratory automation – and in the process to develop solutions that anticipate patients' future needs.
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"Roche gives you the opportunity to achieve your full potential, share experience and enrich yourself"
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Originally I come from Belgium, but I have been living and working in Germany already for three years now. Considering that learning the local language is one of the key success factors for integrating in a foreign country, I was very motivated to learn German.
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Roche as an employer is providing a truly people-focused working environment. I will never forget how impressed I was when I joined Roche and became aware of the passion and engagement in the work of each and every colleague.
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Being part of the supply chain that delivers Roche’s medicinal products to patients is an incredible feeling. It motivates me to achieve even the most challenging goals to a guaranteed high standard of quality.
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Talented technologists are highly sought after in the healthcare industry. But what makes the industry attractive to software developers, data scientists, information architects, machine learning engineers, etc.? In short: The opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives and the pioneering spirit associated with that.
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My work helps Roche to enable colleagues all over the world to bring our solutions to the market. In my previous role as a sales representative, I was very close to the market and our customers in Germany. This close relationship to them allowed me to experience the day-to-day impact of Roche’s products. Working as an International Product Manager allows me to further improve those products.
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2017 marks my 20th year with Roche and it has been a wonderful journey. Growing with the company, experiencing the changes and seeing the achievements and the opportunities created for employee development, makes me proud to be part of Roche Malaysia.
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As a Medical Scientific Liaison, I am involved in many high-leveled scientific discussions with physicians in specific therapeutic/disease areas. It is also exciting that you get to be able to meet new people and gather insights that could eventually change patients’ lives for the better.
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Rafael é apaixonado por viajar, aprender coisas novas, gosta de viver cercado de verde e ajudar as pessoas. A sua escolha pela área de Farmácia e Bioquímica se justifica, em partes, por isso. Futuro doutor em Doenças Tropicais e saúde internacional, ele passa seus dias estudando, buscando novas experiências e se dedicando às funções na Roche em São Paulo.
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All roads lead to Rome, or to Mannheim and Penzberg, as in the case of the ten Germany's national scholarship program holders. They took up our invitation and came as guests to the "Welcome2Roche" events on both sites, where they mingled with the new employees and got the chance to experience the world of Roche at first hand.
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Meet our successful 2017 MT candidates and potential Roche future leaders that will under-go this one year management trainee program. We wish them the best of luck for the beginning of their exciting career journey!
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Ideas breed both innovations and product and process improvements, and safeguard the long-term competitiveness of Roche. As a Legal & IP manager at Roche in Waiblingen, Timo Wilhelm is constantly seeking ideas for precisely such purposes.
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My typical day at work is diverse, exciting and never boring. As a technical quality assurance manager, I am responsible for a team of six people, and we are basically in charge of equipment qualification, computerised system validation, and a lot of other aspects in conjunction with production, packaging and infrastructure. My work helps Roche to improve patients’ lives by ensuring that the production lines are properly set up to fill, lyophilise and pack our products.
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My work helps Roche to keep in touch with reality. In Marketing especially, we sometimes tend to get carried away by our own positive messages. Roche as an employer is rational and stable. With biosimilars for these top drugs on the horizon, one can most certainly trust that Roche’s values of Courage, Integrity and Passion will steer Roche successfully through this rougher sea of fiercer competition.
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I support the day-to-day work necessary to manage clinical trials at the country level. My typical day at work is never the same. You are free to work in the environment that best suits your working style and schedule each day. Roche Canada provides the technology necessary to work effectively and ergonomically and makes individual career development and recognition a priority.
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It was fascinating to experience a “start-up setting” within an established organization such as Roche and how much it differs in terms of pace, priorities, and challenges.
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I see Roche as a great place to develop your career. This goes above and beyond a lot of “formal” programs and the great HR support we have. I also found that the drive to support people's development is deeply ingrained in the culture. You are expected to drive your own development and be proactive.
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Darko Mogic, I came to Canada from Serbia in 1993 and started my IT career in a tax filing software company as a developer. My wife worked for Roche as a chemist and recommended the company to me.
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Hi, my name is Weronika and I am from Poland. I studied Information Technology and finished my master’s studies at Warsaw University of Technology in 2012. I joined Roche in 2013 as a Software Developer in ADMD Warsaw. One year later I had the opportunity to join Diagnostics in Switzerland.
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Dos mujeres y un hombre. Dos madres y un padre que no han renunciado a su vida laboral y han querido luchar por lograr ese equilibro entre su espacio personal y laboral. Nos acercamos a conocer la historia de tres trabajadores de Roche España que nos cuentan su experiencia con la política de flexibilidad horaria de la compañía.
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Hi, my name is Jan and I’m a software developer at Roche. I grew up in central Switzerland near the beautiful city of Lucerne, which is where I live nowadays. After the Matura, the Swiss form of high school, I attended ETH Zurich and graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the field of robotics. That’s right, a mechanical engineer working as a software developer!
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Roche is currently embarking on an exciting program to unify the IT Service Desk Organization into a single global function with a strong regional focus by creating new IT positions in Roche IT Shared Service Centres (SSC) in Kuala Lumpur; Budapest; and San Jose, Costa Rica. Paul Kay, Roche Global IT Recruitment, spoke with Steve Guise, Global Head of Roche Pharma Informatics, about his perspectives on Roche, the role of IT, and the importance of the new/expanded SSCs.
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Hi, my name is Rachelle. I am pleased to have recently joined Genentech/Roche after more than 25 years of working in academic medicine. My background is in neurology and cognitive anthropology, but my training has been applied to understanding and remediating Alzheimer’s disease.
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For Sequencing, it is a place where we get to establish a new foundation of making a difference through people for our patients. All of our decisions have an impact.
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Roche Pharma Indonesia recently opened the first batch of internship program in June 2016 for university students to get their hands on real world work experience. Our HR team had the chance to have chat with the participants on their last day of the program, and here’s what they have to say about Roche.
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Roche Indonesia has just participated in one of the biggest university career fairs in the country on 28 - 30 October 2016, at Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), West Java, Indonesia. This is by far our most successful career day, with a total of 2253 Roche booth visitors, and more than 2000 CVs received from only 3 days!
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Creating a diverse workplace where everyone is valued and has an equal opportunity to grow and develop has proven to positively influence a company’s culture, performance and profitability.
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On 10 & 11 May 2016, Roche Indonesia’s Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Team participated on the first career fair in 2016 at Gadjah Mada University, Jogjakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. We engaged with hundreds of enthusiastic booth visitors, both graduates and experienced individuals who were interested in joining our organization.
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Hi, my name is Irene. I am from Lucerne, Switzerland, and joined Roche 3 years ago from the University of Zurich. I was a principal investigator in Alzheimer’s disease research focusing on the neuroimmunological mechanisms of chronic neurodegenerative diseases.
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I joined Roche Pharma Vietnam in HCMC as a Strategic Business Analyst in January 2015. I have been working in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 5 years. I love experimenting with innovative approaches, and sharing experience with others. In my free time, I enjoy travelling with my family and friends, and exploring new places, foods, and cultures.
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We work hard in Diabetes Care IT to come up with the most innovative solutions to support the Diabetes Care business. Being part of an ongoing transformation program means that I never get bored!
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Chris Zhang, Procurement specialist, Finance, Roche Pharmaceduticals. This is a big family advocating learning from each other.
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Miao Xie, Customer Support Supervisor, Customer Care, Roche Diagnostics. Reasonable explanations and advice help patients receive treatment.
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Jie Zhang, Senior Medical Information Consultant at Roche Pharmaceuticals. Our job is to think for patients and light up hopes for them.
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YangYang Jia, Sr. Account Executive, Molecular Solutions - IVD, Roche Diagnostics. I have to be acquainted with testing methods in hospitals and Roche products, and also know how to communicate effectively.
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It’s an exciting time with many changes in the Market Access environment with lots of opportunity to learn and make a difference as the environment evolves.
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Hi, my name is Tobias and I come from Germany. I joined the Roche Ophthalmology Department in November 2015 as a RiSE (Roche Internship for Scientific Exchange) intern, and I work on a genetics project.
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Hi, my name is Daniela, I was born and raised in Milan, Italy. My academic mentor suggested that I should apply for an internship on the Roche internships for Scientific Exchange (RiSE) program. Since I viewed it as a great opportunity to grow as a scientist, I was very keen to apply, and that is how I joined Roche.
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I am a Canadian pharmacist with previous work experience in retail pharmacy, drug Information, and drug safety. I am currently studying Pharmaceutical Regulation as part of a graduate program and “training” (emphasis on quotations) for my first 10 km run in the spring!
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I help my colleagues at Roche Canada understand the “why” behind decisions the company takes, how those decisions may impact their work and how that work helps us achieve our vision.
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Als Produktmanager bin ich dafür verantwortlich, mein Produkt im Markt zu etablieren und dafür zu sorgen, dass möglichst viele Patienten davon profitieren. Den Finger am Puls des Marktes zu halten ist dabei besonders wichtig.
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Join the journey through the heart of Roche IT and learn how Informatics is providing agile and efficient infrastructure for our researchers investigating in new compounds. To transform the enormous amounts of data into improved scientific and business understanding, we are developing a completely new infrastructure. The journey to achieve this understanding begins with one single click
Curiosity, passion, determination and a touch of genius led three young Hong Kong students to design and produce a self-sanitising door handle, thereby winning the Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA) and a round trip of Roche sites in Switzerland.
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HR Perspectives is a step out of your comfort zone, an adventure that provides indispensable insights into your personal and professional passions and capabilities.
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I have over 15 years’ experience as an Executive/Administrative Assistant for various industries including IT consulting, insurance, and event management.
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Hi, my name is Dean and I am a British citizen. I joined Roche from the United Kingdom, where I was working as a management consultant for the pharma industry.
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My name is Justyna. I joined Roche five years ago as a specialist for Oracle Software Development and am now working in the area of Business Intelligence as a Senior IT Professional..
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Creating a diverse workplace in which everyone is valued and has an equal opportunity to grow and develop has been proved to positively impact a company’s culture, performance and profitability. In a male-dominant region such as the Middle East that is constantly scrutinized by the media, it is important to bring to light efforts being put towards equal opportunities.
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The Operational Pricing team includes an In-Market Pricing group and a Transfer Pricing group. Our role is to give guidance to our regional and local market access and pricing functions around the world for the implementation of our value-based pricing strategies.
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The remit of my role is to drive progress towards implementing Personalised Reimbursement Models (PRM), which enable accelerated and broader patient access to Roche’s medicines.
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I grew up in Paris(France) and studied chemistry, galenic formulation and healthcare management.
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Roche is committed to sustainable development and our efforts have been recognized by Newsweek in collaboration with Corporate Knights Capital and HIP (Human Impact + Profit) Investor Inc. We are in the top 10 of the green companies in the world.
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My name is Aymeric Lagarde and I am from France. I was born in Reims, the capital of the Champagne region in the north-eastern part of the country.
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I joined the Finance Perspectives program in January 2014 and completed my first assignment in Basel as a Pharma Controller in the Pharma Finance Business Integration department, and dedicated 20% of my time supporting the Skin Franchise within Global Product Strategy.
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The project I am working on involves diverse team members from various functions of Roche, including colleagues from IT, Contract and Legal, Procurement, Global/Regional HRBP, Shared Service Center.
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I started in October 2014 on my first assignment as a project manager for the global team of Learning & Organizational Effectiveness, in Basel. My focus area has been on High Potentials and Succession Planning which helped me to understand how relevant Succession Planning and Talent Management are for the overall organization.
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I was born in southern California and spent most of my childhood close to the mountains in Colorado. My university life was split between California and the Lausanne area, where I spent a few years studying abroad and doing internships with a major multinational food and beverage company. I spent just over 3 years working internationally as an internal auditor after university, again out of the Lausanne region, and moved to Basel early in 2014 to begin my career with Roche.
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I find my colleagues very friendly, hardworking and good team players. I believe that Roche is a great place to work for because, because employees are well taken care of.
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After I had graduated from the medical faculty I moved to İstanbul and started my residency training on cardiovascular surgery. I had completed my residency training in 2011 and worked as a cardiovascular surgeon for almost a year then I decided to make a big change about my life. I quit my job and started to work at Roche.
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Soy egresado de la carrera de Ingeniería Industrial y de Procesos y me graduaré en el mes de noviembre. Lideré un gremio estudiantil universitario, rol que me permitió apoyar la gestión académica de los estudiantes.
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Rita Xie, Regional Manager, Market Access, Roche Pharmaceuticals. I feel very meaningful to work in this department, and in my boss’s words, we are accumulating virtue to bringing the hope of life to those patients that couldn’t use required medicine due to financial burden.
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My name is Till Dorin. I was born 34 years ago in Cologne and now live in Basel. I joined Roche in January 2008, having come from a consulting company. My focus was and still is SAP HR Systems. When I am not at Roche, I spend time with my little family. Coming home has been even more exciting since our little daughter was born in 2010. I love spending time with my friends and enjoying the Rhine in summertime.
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Meet Roche Diagnostics Swedens two little soldiers That are helping in its battle to stay green Most big efforts start with small initial steps. So when a Roche affiliate starts of on a major effort to do sustainable business, the first small steps are the most important ones. The Roche Diagnostics team in Sweden understands the value of going green but it is making sure that these efforts are well thought through and sustainable in the long run. For a start, among other steps, how about having two electric cars for all employees to use when they need to travel out of the office for a meeting!
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Salí al mundo laboral en 1998, después de trabajar 2 años en la ciudad de Osorno en el sur de Chile en una Clínica Veterinaria decidí buscar mejores rumbos y en año 2000 me vine a Santiago. Trabaje por mas de 3 años en uno de los mas grandes Hospitales públicos de Chile, el Hospital San José. Y tuve la suerte de ser participe del proceso de instalación del primer sistema informático de Laboratorio en red, en un hospital público en Chile.
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Soy Ingeniero Civil en Computación con mención en Informática, amante de mi familia compuesta por mi esposa Sara y mis hijos Héctor Fabian (10 años) y Oscar Javier (5 años). Mi tiempo libre intento aprovecharlo junto a mi familia disfrutando de una buena película en casa, en el cine o buscando qué cosas nuevas hacer para sorprender a mis hijos. Me encanta organizar reuniones para poder compartir con mis amigos y sus respectivas familias. Disfruto enseñándole trucos a mi Golden Retreiver llamada Mathilda o compartiendo una buena caminata con ella. También dedico unas horas al cuidado de mi acuario, el cual me ofrece un grato momento de relajo.
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My name is Thomas Blättler, I am married and have a one year old son. In my spare time I love to spend time with my little family and friends and to be out in the nature with skis, a mountain bike or hiking boots. This year on April 1st I celebrated my fifth anniversary at Roche Diagnostics. Time flies by. I joined Roche Diagnostics in Rotkreuz (Switzerland) right after finishing my PhD. The first one and a half years I was Consumables Project Leader before I was given the opportunity to build up and lead the Consumables Development department. Since January I am now heading Development Project Leaders of instrument projects for diagnostic systems.
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My name is Agata Bres. I come from the beautiful Masuria area of Poland, which is famous for its 2,000 lakes. I lived there until graduating with a bachelor 0019s degree in computer science. I subsequently earned a master 0019s degree in software engineering in Germany. I started my professional career at Siemens Healthcare in Bavaria, where I had a pleasure of assisting in the development of a software product used in the treatment of cancer patients. This experience gave me the opportunity to improve both my personal and professional skills. In February 2012, after spending seven years at Siemens, I decided to move to Switzerland to start a new chapter in my life. I began to work for Roche Diagnostics.
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People development is one of the critical focus points for Roche. A common focus among the many people development initiatives is people exchange. This allows talent to take an assignment to a different part of the organisation to gain more insight and experience both from a cultural and work perspective. Meet Dennis Chua, Diagnostics Finance Controlling Supervisor, and learn more about his experience during his job rotation and find out what he enjoyed most during his time on exchange.
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Mi experiencia laboral comienza en el año 2002, ingresando a Farmacias Cruz Verde en el área de Recetario Magistral (laboratorio de producción de medicamentos). Mi primera función fue la visita médica y comencé poco a poco a desarrollarme dentro de la compañía. Durante los casi 10 años que estuve en esta empresa, tuve la oportunidad de proyectarme terminando como jefe del laboratorio, teniendo a cargo al personal y la dirección estratégica comercial de la unidad de negocios hasta Marzo del 2011.
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My Name is Niclas Hitziger, I am from Germany and joined Roche in 2007. I am a molecular biologist. Before I joined Roche I worked as a Postdoc at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. When I have time like to do sports like biking, hiking and running but my current focus is to spend most of my time with my family.
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Eddie Zhang, Manager, Drug Product Technical, Roche Pharmaceuticals. Looking back on my career path, I was in 5 different roles over my 14-year Roche journey. There are always new tasks and new challenges around me.
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Christina Shen, Manager, Solid Manufacturing, Roche Pharmaceuticals. Roche has making an effective control over the raw material, production environment and process, storage and transportation and the inspection process through its almost perfect quality assurance systems.
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I was born in Malaysia and my family migrated to Sao Paulo, Brazil when I was 7. I studied economics in the University of Sao Paulo and in 2005 began my internship in Roche Latin America (also located in Sao Paulo). After a year working with Regional Business Planning, I was offered another internship which would require a change in my professional focus: 6 months in Marketing, assisting Roche Brazils Herceptin Product Manager. Once I decided that Marketing was what I really wanted, I returned to the Regional Area in a position as Marketing Analyst for Avastin, where I would be for the next 2,5 years.
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By the end of the program, you will be able to build a strong network around the world in different departments.
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Before joining Roche, I worked for 5 years with a leading global integrated copper group and a boutique investment banking advisory firm in Bulgaria. I hold MBA degree from INSEAD and I am a CFA charterholder.
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Working in technical services is such a great job because I learn things every day and it enables me to continuously grow and adapt to changes. My work offers a lot of challenges. I became more responsible, results-oriented and more mature in this company. Roche has given me the opportunity to have a training outside of the country and I was once assigned to work in another affiliate for half a year. more
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He trabajado desde que salí del colegio como Secretaria, profesión que estudié en un Liceo Técnico. Comencé en Soprole como Secretaria del Depto. de Estudios de Mercado para luego trabajar en la Sub Gerencia de Marketing, luego trabajé en una Empresa de Ingeniería, y después en una pequeña empresa de Diagnóstico llamada Inmunotec S.A., donde aprendí a conocer este mundo de Test Pack para Análisis Clínicos y de donde vienen varios compañeros de trabajo actuales en Roche.
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Xue Zhou, Scientist, Infectious Diseases Discovery & Translational, Roche Pharmaceuticals. As a discovery scientist, I particularly appreciate Roche’s persistence in investing in innovation.
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I studied medicine at Tartu University. My clinical medical career remained quite short, as I moved into the pharmaceutical business almost 15 years ago. This long-term work in Pharma was the reason why a few years ago I obtained a second masters degree in health sciences, focusing on health-care management.
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People development is one of the critical focus points for Roche. A common focus among the many people development initiatives is people exchange. This allows talent to take an assignment to a different part of the organisation to gain more insight and experience both from a cultural and work perspective. Meet Erin Noel, Financial Business Analyst, and learn more about her experience during her job rotation and find out what she enjoyed most during her time on exchange.
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Spacey Sun, Scientist, Preclinical In-vivo Safety Assessment, Roche Pharmaceuticals. Roche shows considerable concern on animal welfare, thus indeed practising the “3R” (Replace, Reduce, Refine) principle in animal experiments.
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My name is Monika Vogt and I am from Switzerland. I have a background in Economics and Business Administration with a major in Human Resources Management, which I studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Olten, Switzerland. I have around 14 years of HR experience, of which I spent 10 years at Roche. Having joined Roche as a recruiter, I moved into an HR Business Partner role and later on worked as a talent scout. Since September 2015 I have been working as Head of PT (Pharma Global Technical Operations) Recruiting Basel & Kaiseraugst.
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Tell us a bit about yourself Hello everyone, my name is Daniel and I am a Talent Scout at Roche, where I work with Pharma Research early and late Development. I was born in a smallish city very close to Berlin, Germany. I started my career in the late 1990s at a big regional wholesaler in Germany, where I spent several years as a personal assistant to the general manager. After that, I switched to a sales position at one of Europe 019s top three electronic retailers before finally finding the line of work I am currently in. Back then I would never have considered working for one of the world 019s biggest pharmaceutical companies. The birth of my daughter was a major milestone in my life because it demanded a lot of flexibility from me.
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My name is Judith and I work as a recruiter for Pharma Technical Operations. I tend to think of myself as a head hunter who switched sides from executive search to in-house recruiting. At the end of the day, it 019s not that much different. I keep trying to find the needle in a haystack, assessing talent and moving people from job to job and from country to country.
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My name is Carmen Pfeiffer and I come from the southern part of Germany, close to the Swiss and French border, an area which is called 01cDreiländereck 01d. I have worked with Roche for 10 years now. My hobbies are travelling (especially to Asia), cooking, and I am addicted to a lot of American TV shows. I joined Roche Grenzach right after my studies in 2002, in Manufacturing Controlling. After two and a half years in this position, I decided to pursue a career outside of Roche, by working for one year at a local hospital in the finance department.
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I started working at Roche in 2010 as a trainee. I joined a two-year programme in Regulatory Affairs tailored for young graduates to get first-hand working experience. After one year in Global Regulatory Affairs followed by a six-month rotation in a global business team, I was offered a permanent position in Global Regulatory Affairs Oncology.
moreFor Kwang Ooi, RSTO provides a challenging yet relaxing work environment. “It has a culture of casual intensity and the company emphasises on strengths rather than weaknesses,” he notes.
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I’ve been working in the PCOR Neurosciences group for just over a year. Before starting at Roche I was working as a clinical psychologist in older adult mental health services...
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I mostly grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. I went to school in beautiful Santa Cruz, where I took up hiking in my free time. I come from a background in public accounting, where I worked on...
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Roche es una compañía de excelencia y todos trabajamos en equipo para que nuestra empresa funcione de forma óptima, basados en principios corporativos, que nos hacen más fuertes y más grandes.
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Me considero una persona sencilla, muy apasionada por las cosas que hace, responsable y que disfruta del presente, no solo porque me gusta lo que hago sino porque lo hago para Dios.
moreYou spend most of your time with them. With a single word, they can make or ruin your day. They know more about you than does your own mother. They're your co-workers and your associates, your bosses and your employees, your clients and your colleagues. In fact, all of your workmates have an enormous impact on your mood, stress level, and emotional well-being.
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If you have to think in which job you have feel more comfortable, you will have in consideration the atmosphere in which you were working. And quite probably you would choose as the best place to work in which you feel more contented. There are many other factors that...
moreAdjust your attitude. The fastest way to insure a positive first impression and this needs to be done before you enter the meeting room is to strike a power pose. Stand with your feet at least hip-distance apart, hold your head high, pull your shoulders back, and stretch out your arms. Research shows that if you hold that pose for two minutes, you will feel (and be perceived as) more confident and competent as you walk into the interview.
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Without a doubt development opportunities and professional growth are important factors when it comes to deciding which company to work for. A candidate does not just take into consideration the chances to get a promotion in a new position, but he or she might also think about new and challenging projects and tasks that could arise in the future.
moreBefore you say a single word to the interviewer, you have already made an impression based on how youre dressed. The guidelines given here are commonly accepted as appropriate for interviewing. Every company has a different dress code; how you dress at the job may have very little to do with how you dress for an interview.
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I am Neetha M. Pai, and I give application support to Centralized Diagnostics Range of products for Delhi and NCR region. Roche is where I began my career. During my tenure three years, this organization has helped me...
moreWe know eating a nutritious lunch can improve our health and productivity, but it turns out how, where and with whom we eat our midday meal is just as important as what we eat. While you may think youre being more productive by eating lunch at your desk, taking your lunch elsewhere may be the best thing you can do for your own health and the health of your business.
moreIn the current job market, you'd better have your act together, or you won't stand a chance against the competition. Check yourself on these 10 basic points before you go on that all-important interview.
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My name is Rajesh Rajendran, Senior Consultant Technical and Application at Roche Professional Services based in Chennai which is the regional headquarters for Roche in South India.
moreIt's a lot easier to put on a happy face at the office when things are going well. But in lean times amid hiring freezes and an unpredictable future, it can be difficult to remain optimistic when you're on the job, especially when bad news about the economy is prevalent. Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want, has pinpointed several strategies to help anyone become happy. "Everything I say is based on science," she says. "The strategies I've chosen are supported by studies that have tested them." To start seeing your morning cup of coffee as half full, Lyubomirsky recommends that workers:
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Together with other many buzz words that rule the world, you probably may have heard something about GTD. But... What is Getting Things Done all about?
moreThe DNA hub consists of a small gym, table tennis tables, football tables, and pool tables, etc.
moreSarah feels that Roche is unique as there are development opportunities that allow the employee to explore interests other than those in their scope of work.
moreMy job is interesting because I provide ongoing technical and scientific support for manufacturing to resolve issues or equipment/process troubleshooting as well as run lab experiments at small scales to prove a concept, and subsequently be able to implement changes to production scale for process improvement.
moreI enjoy my work because it gives me the ability to have both a high level overview yet still be in touch with the finer details of the daily activities of production at the site.
moreWe've all had those moments at work. A difficult client turns a productive meeting sour. Your boss berates you over something you can't control. Or everything on a project just goes wrong within one miserable half-hour period. You feel your blood pressure rising and your breath quickening. You want to pound your fists on your desk, punch your computer monitor, and hurl your phone out your boss' window.
moreAs the old axiom goes, looking for a job is a full time job. Thats true whether youre conducting your search online or off. A job search on the Internet, however, exposes you to many potential distractions that are not found in the real world. Theres e-mail and browsing, chats and discussion forums, online poker and other games, and a host of other forms of entertainment, exploration and communication. And the key to job search success is to put them all aside. You must dramatically limit the time you spend on such activities and maximize the time you spend using the Internets job search resources.
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If you have ever asked yourself how working in a IT Infrastructure department in a big company looks like, you may be willing to see how we work in PIMS (Pharma Informatic Madrid Site) the Roche Global IT Center in Madrid.
moreMaintaining a work/life balance is easy when youre a sole trader, right? You typically work from home and you have no one else to answer to, so it should be easy to switch off. Unfortunately, thats not always the case. In fact, many home-based sole traders struggle to strike a healthy work/life balance because the lines are more blurred.
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All I want to say is a gradual but huge transformation is required in a student to be a professional. This I have experienced with Roche during my traineeship. As an Employer, Roche provides enough guidance and opportunity to establish someone as a professional.
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I belong to a very small town in Haryana located at Rajasthan border named Loharu, with a very less illiteracy percentage. I always had a dream to be recognized amongst people. I came to Delhi and started my career and always strive for the recognition. I have worked in four companies but always I felt that something is missing.
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