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Three trainees, third training year, three experiences abroad

Indianapolis, England and New Jersey – three trainees at Roche tell us about their varied experiences abroad, their impressions and assignments.

Knowing today what works tomorrow

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We have a tall order to meet, making PHC a reality for every patient. It comes with navigating uncharted territory, breaking new ground.

Digital Innovation at Roche: Chatbot FINN

Innovation has always been a central component of Roche's corporate culture - not just in the development of new medicines or diagnostics. With Chatbot FINN, the company is also breaking new ground in internal processes.

Meet Molly McDonnell

Molly joined Roche as part of the Accelerated Development Program. Hear her story

Meet Frank Shen

Frank has had the freedom to explore several career paths at Roche. Hear his story.

Meet Christina Gaskins

Christina came to Roche to solve problems. Hear her story.

Meet Ninad Thanawala

Ninad is always searching for answers. Hear his story.

My Journey to Computational Biology & Roche Sequencing

"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."

Achieving more for patients with agility

How can Roche achieve the best for patients by using agile methods? Dr. Jara Obermann and Dorothée Kiesel, management start-up trainees, about the agile coach program they developed themselves.

Meet Sam Lohmar

Sam nearly lost his dad. Learn how this inspires his current work.

Meet Candy King

Candy helps direct our Diversity and Inclusion efforts. See what she’s accomplished so far.

Meet Harshita

A dental surgeon by training, a global healthcare leader in the making, a humanitarian by heart and a work in progress!

Meet Adam Meents

Adam is a dedicated employee and father. Hear his story.

Meet Amruta

My typical day at work is not typical at all. Each day brings something completely different, so it really keeps you active and involved.

Rutger Verburg from Amsterdam to Mannheim

"Riding a bicycle in Germany is really life-threatening" - Rutger Verburg talks about his start in Germany and especially at Roche, how he dealt with the challenges in a foreign country and what makes working at Roche so attractive.

Meet: Frederik Just

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.

Treffen Sie Sonja Grill

“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.”

Meet Marty

For over a year now, Martin contributes to pushing Personalised Healthcare forward. He shares his experiences and his continuous motivation here.

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Internationality as a success factor

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.

Meet: Daniela Maisel

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.

Meet Thia, Software Development Manager in Tucson, AZ

" I'm working a little out of my normal "techie" introvert comfort zone, and that's been a very good thing."

Meet Astou Gaye, Pharma Technical Quality (PTQ) Mississauga Site Head

I started my career with Genentech (our US pharmaceutical headquarters in South San Francisco) in a two-year rotational program.

Reverse mentoring

„Reverse Mentoring is when Seniors begin to learn from Juniors.“

Divers backgrounds

„Roche Pharma for me is an amazing organization with so many divers areas of work“, so Leslie, sales REP in Berlin.

Meet Tim Neuendorf

"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.

Meet Mathieu

We set ourselves very high objectives because we know what's at stake: kicking cancer in the teeth!

Andreas Schmitz becoming Head of Human Resources at Roche Diagnostics

"I am inspired by these super dedicated and very talented people who give their best every day."

Meet Viviane, RiSM intern at Roche

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.

A rose by any other name… Anne Marie Hayes

Go live - „Activity Based Working“!

"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.

Report "FIT" Week

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.

Meet Ebru, RiKO intern at Roche

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.

Meet David, RiSM intern at Roche

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.

Meet Yin Cai

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.

Cultural change and new business models - Digitisation in the German Diagnostics Sales Organisation

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.

Meet Nives

I started my career in vaccine manufacturing after studying Biochemistry at Ryerson University in Toronto. This is where my passion for drug manufacturing started.

Special moments at Roche

Find out here what personal highlights Roche employees experienced

Christina Wang’s journey with Roche

I started my Roche journey on June 18, 2018 as a new member of the Global Procurement team, which is a new team to the Mississauga office. I was welcomed with open arms and encouraged to learn all Roche has to offer!

As a physician in the Pharma Industry?

Learn from ten medical affairs physicians from Roche in Grenzach why they decided to go into the pharmaceutical industry and what motivates them to stay there.

Meet Javier Jimenez Roda

Converting an idea into reality is a rollercoaster of emotions, frustrations and hope. Accept this fact and push for it.

Live well. Find your balance.

In terms of the global motto "Live well. Find your balance. ", more than 140 Roche sites around the world work together to make their employees' health and well-being strong.

One week "we in the process"

Under the motto "We in the process", we have started with the entire second year of training of the Mannheim and some trainee colleagues from Grenzach for a week in the Center Park Hochsauerland in Medebach.

Meet Patricia, RiKO intern at Roche

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.

Meet Giulia

My incredible HR Perspectives journey started in September 2018, when I relocated to sunny Basel to join Roche within the Global Talent Innovation team.

Recruiting at Roche - My Impressions as an Intern

„Wonder how I liked my internship?” Valerie Mangei reports on her time as an intern in HR Talent Acquisition.

Why you fit perfectly in the pharmaceuticals industry as business economist

During my Trainee Program at Roche I have strongly developed from the professional as well as the methodology perspective.

Meet Marco Jenzsch

"Walk the talk, and talk the walk!" is the motto of Marco Jenzsch, which he would like to give to every prospective manager on his way and means as much as: "Be authentic by doing what you say: no empty promises!

Meet María Sierra

A three-month stay at Roche seemed to be totally boring to me. But it turned out and I found here something that I was not expecting: a company very focused on the development and well-being of its employees, a home and a family.

Meet Nadim, Intern in Change Management at Roche

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.

On a great journey: 6 countries, 20 weeks, countless memories

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."

Meet Mario Henke

Since his school days, Mario Henke has always been enthusiastic about discovering new things. After many eventful years at home and abroad, he now works for Roche as the Head of Pharmaceutical Production at Europe's largest biotech site: Penzberg.

Caryn’s Top Five Secrets to Success

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.

6 questions to Magdalena and Rejna

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Roche has always been in a state of dynamic flux

What is happening at the moment in science is great for patients, great for physicians but also great for us who are developing medicinal products.

Knowing today what will work tomorrow

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.

The person at the centre of work

"Question again and again what is important for you in life!"

Onboarding at Roche

“I was directly included by everyone.”

Profession with a view: Knowing what the future will bring.

"Never avoid failure. Be more courageous!"

A day in the life of a Digital Innovation Manager

"Creating more contact points through the digital world."

Better understanding the needs of physicians and patients

"We apply ourselves day by day to our mission ‘Doing now what patients need next’!"

​Meet Emanuel Hurni

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.

My First Time with Mobile Working

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.

Meet Thorsten Haane

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.

Meet Alberto

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.

Auch mal den Finger heben, wenn andere schon weiter sind

orausschauend – damit ließe sich wohl auch am treffendsten beschreiben, welche Strategie Max Putzenlechner in seinem Arbeitsalltag bei Roche erfolgreich macht. Erfahren Sie, was Mut beim Mountainbiken mit der Pharmaindustrie verbindet.

Life lessons from living abroad

I am grateful for having had the amazing opportunity to live abroad. Upon my return to Canada, the local commercial affiliate recognized my contributions, and I am now an Organizational Effectiveness Manager in HR, supporting all of Canada.

Roche really do a lot for their employees

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.

Meet Andreas Wohlrath

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.

Meet Vivien

Thanks to the programme, I have had the opportunity to work in Roche’s global, regional and affiliate teams across different diagnostics business areas. The excitement of being able to learn and try something new every day is what gets me out of bed in the morning!

Meet David

Well… to be honest, I cannot say I’ve had typical days in my team. I can have more or less workload but each day happens something that surprises me.

Meet Aijing

Roche cares about the wellbeing of its employees. There is a swimming pool, a fitness centre, yoga courses and other fitness facilities on site. People can work in a flexible way, including working from home. Managers care about their employees’ career development.

Meet Jara

Read more about the Start-Up Program and its highlights and challenges for Jara.

Meet Laura

Knowing that patients are put first makes me feel proud to work at Roche.

Meet Krzysztof

People here are amazing - everyone takes time to listen to others, peoples’ opinions are valued and every individual is encouraged to express their own point of view. This diversity is one of our biggest strengths.

Meet Paulina

My work helps Roche to shed light on the fundamental pathogenic mechanisms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and has the potential to identify some new drug targets that Roche can develop in the future.

Meet Edgar

Roche is a place that encourages employees to grow and learn and offers employees great internal career opportunities.

Introductory Week for 2018 Apprentices

On Monday, 3 September at 8 AM, we – the 2018 apprentices from the Roche site Mannheim – met to start into our introductory week.

Meet Hillary

​​Meet Hillary, a science teacher gaining real-world industry experience at Roche.

Welcome to the three-border triangle

I'm from the region and I really enjoy staying here

Physician stand-in as part-time job: Door into the practice

At Roche I can live out my need for diversity.

Leading a Team

I can't be an expert in every area – only in a team are we very strong.

It’s a Match!

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.

​Meet Yunfei

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.

Meet Rebecca

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.

Meet Michaela

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.

Roche experiments with start-up approach

"Digitization offers many opportunities for us," says Jan Schreiber. The prerequisite is that employees are taken along and familiarized with new working methods and technologies. This is why the Digital Acceleration Program was launched in 2017.

Meet Felipe

At work, we have implemented a very flexible working model that allows me to work in different buildings, giving me the freedom and opportunity to organise my meetings better and improve my interactions with colleagues.

Meet Muriel

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.

Meet Marius, RiSE intern at Roche

The RiSE program offers internships specifically for doctoral students within the Roche research department.

Reconciling Work and Family Life

It's school vacation time. This can quickly raise the question: what to do with the offspring? Roche offers various options for this. Learn more about the Roche vacation program and other great benefits for parents and children!

Meet Daniel

We have seen how our total lab automation solutions have revolutionised the approach to diagnostics, especially in remote locations in the country. Seeing these stories in real life fuels the passion of our entire Roche team in Norway.

Meet Dominique

When I am at work, I know why I am there and what I want to achieve. When I am at home, I am proud of what I did or what my colleagues achieved, and to be able to share this with my family and friends.

Meet Isabelle

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.

Meet Richard

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

Sailing the European Coast

I saw the Long-term Account as an option to give myself the freedom for all the plans I have forged in my life.

Get Creative & Stay Curious

After graduating from high school, Sabine initially wanted to study economics at the university. She tells her own very personal story about which path she actually took.

Meet James

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.

Even more space for many children

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.

Meet Sarah

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.

My first year as leader at Roche

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.

​Meet Ariel

A Software Technical Writer, dog-mom, creative thinker, and lover of all things innovative.

Meet Barbara, Senior Specialist ADV

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.

Meet Waltraud

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.

Internship Insights

An internship in HR Business - sounds interesting, doesn’t it? But what exactly is HR Business? And what does an internship in this area look like? Lisa Walther talks about her experiences as an intern in this area.

Meet Nicole

My work helps Roche employees to take a break from their workday and enjoy a delicious lunch or snacks. Our events are also great opportunities for networking and making friends at work.

Roche Charity Run - Childrens Walk 2018

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.

Leaning in @ Roche

It's great to see how the women encourage each other to achieve their goals.

​Meet Chris, Principal Talent & Org Development

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.

Meet Jacob, HR Perspectives at Roche

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.

Meet Amrita, Bioinformatics Research Leader at Pleasanton, CA

"The sky is the limit when it comes to learning about new domains and extending your skills."

My first year as a leader

To become a leader – is this my goal? After successfully completing her studies, Carla had to decide which professional steps to take next.

Meet Meike Treu

Diversity is the most special part of my job. Every day a new task awaits me.

We promote your leadership potential

“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?

Meet Tobias Huber

I see my occupation as a chance to drive forward healthcare and medicine with the aid of technology, and to solve problems.

Meet Andrea, Supply Chain Process Support at Roche

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.

​Meet Cheng-Yuk, Principal Scientist I at Pleasanton, CA

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.

Meet Tom Glasow

"Work-life balance” is not just an empty word at Roche. I can plan my visits to our customers flexibly, and I can work partly from home.

The long-term perspective at Roche allows us to be courageous

At Roche we have the possibility for the long-term perspective, which allows and also requires us to be courageous.

From researcher to Medical Manager – A conclusion

I see directly what I do for the patients and this is naturally a great motivation for me.

From the clinic to the company

Although I am on a different side I work on the same goal.

CIP – ″Considerably Incredible Potential″

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.

Meet Doreen Pruntsch

What is special for me is that safety has a very high priority in the corporation and that it also put into practice through all levels of management.

Joining Roche as a Young Professional in the area of Biotechnology and Medical Technology

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.

#Team - "Fit for the #Team" Week

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.

Product Launch as Marketeer

Every Marketeer works towards the moment when a product comes onto the market.

Department change as career springboard

I continuously benefit from the perspective and the overall understanding of the market, people and company.

Meet Ramin

For me, Roche is a unique and truly interesting company. We develop diagnostic products, but we are also responsible for treatments and treatment monitoring.

Working at Roche – completely under the sign of health

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.

Meet Helena

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.

Meet Joan

Working at Roche is like being in a family. We always support and care for each other and look for solutions to move things forward.

​​​Meet Adam, Regulatory Affairs Manager at Pleasanton, CA

Every day I come to work, I honestly feel like I can make a positive impact on a global scale.

Meet Tina

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.

Meet Christopher

I’ve always been keen on medical technology, which is why I wanted to work in this environment. What attracted me to Roche was the issue of insulin pumps in the Diabetes Care division. Simply because the focus here is on the patients.

Meet Dr. Hugo Lam

I was fascinated by the complexity of the human genome and the opportunity to apply my skills to solve the challenging algorithmic and data science problems in the new era of biomedicine.

Meet Lisa

On every project, there are so many different aspects to be considered. It makes me proud and happy to solve these complex puzzles.

Lots of space for lots of children

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.

Family and Career – at Roche that works very well!

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.

Meet Célia

As Start IT trainees, we have the chance to get specific trainings and peer-coaching sessions, which enable to reflect on our learning experience. This is great and I really enjoy learning from each other.

Occupations you would not have expected to see at Roche!

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.

We are all superheroes here at Roche

This sentence did catch me off guard during my personal interview, but it was then ultimately one of the reasons why I absolutely wanted the job. After all, what is better than trying out new things and in doing so, helping people at the same time?

Meet Melanie Poulin-Costello

I’m a statistician by training and have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for a long time and love what I do. I’m passionate about helping my colleagues understand statistics and how to use them wisely.

Meet Sri

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.

Meet Jazzy

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.

"I will remember the impressions I gained for my entire life"

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.

Dual studies student dares to take a peek outside of the box

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.

Graduation Party 2017

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.

Meet Maud

We are the link between R&D that develops the IT solutions and the market voice coming from the Regions and the Country Affiliates...

Meet Denise

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.

Technology Dinner at Roche in Mannheim: “A successful evening, which definitely calls for a repeat!”

Virtual labs, fascinating talks, networking and also a good meal? These and other impressions were gathered by engineers at our Technology Dinner on the High Tech Campus in Mannheim.

Failed! Best Practice Sharing was yesterday

Innovation means: taking the risk of failing.

Working as Product Manager: interface for everything and everyone

I especially really enjoy the unexpected. No day is like any other.

Meet Ring

Roche is a great place to work because of its diversity and inclusive culture. Everyone that I’ve met in Roche thus far has been very outgoing, helpful and willing to go extra miles in guiding and supporting me.

Meet Caitlin

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.

Meet Ricardo

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.

Meet Pankaj

Roche stands out as an organisation for me due to their sustainability commitment. Not only there is thrust on innovation with a significant investment in R&D but also there is commitment towards building an organisation that contributes to a better society.

Roche Code4life 2017 University Challenge

Ready? Set. Go. Join this University Challenge and find out how coding is solving problems in healthcare.

Meet Jameil

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.

Meet Magdalena

Hi, my name is Magdalena, and I come from the Czech Republic. After gaining my Master’s degree in Medicine, I joined the MD PhD programme in Hemato-oncology at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University (Prague).

Meet Claudia

Roche as an employer is motivating. It’s impressive how friendly and helpful all the employees are. This creates an inspiring and collaborative environment, which I really appreciate. People treat each other with respect.

The marketing community at Roche: Achieving more together

From the first day onwards everyone takes responsibility in his or her function.

Studying next to the profession: Support and investment in the future

Personal and professional development are very important for me. For Roche too.

Meet Marina

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.

Meet Amanda

My work helps Roche to ensure that the instrument is available in the right quality and quantity so that we can support the diagnostic process all around the world.

Meet Saliu, Lead Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Imagine scientists try to share with engineers their knowledge about science and engineers try to build tools that scientists or researchers or customers want and need. Roche fosters a culture of debate, mutual respect, and diversity as we tackle these challenges and upper management tries to hear staff and help them achieve their goals.

Meet Nashreen

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.

Life Changing Experience

For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be part of an initiative that would change someone’s life, but never fully had the chance to because life always got in the way. However, my dream turned into reality when I learned about the Roche Children’s Walk.

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Meet Bryan

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.

Meet the Global HR Recruitment Team

Meet the team that spends their days browsing Facebook and LinkedIn responding to questions from people all over the world who want to join our company – Roche! The team also supports HR colleagues with efficient service, project support - and all this within a budget. The team hit the road in 2011 and working together became a unique and best team of 6: meet Brigi, Fanni, Gábor, Kata, Kriszti & Lavi as they share their journey at Roche.

Meet Mbali

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.

Meet Jen

I have developed many friendships over the past 5 years working here. I find Roche to be a place where diversity and inclusion is strongly valued.

2016 Roche Children’s Walk a success thanks to dedicated and passionate employees!

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.

Meet Janine

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.

Avoid application faux-pas

For a successful application procedure the candidate needs predominantly to be professional qualified. But it is not alone the qualification that counts!

Meet François

My work helps Roche to ensure that new drugs get approved by the regulatory authorities and become accessible to patients - as soon as possible.

Meet Tony

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.

9.700 km – From Sao Paulo to Waiblingen!

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!

Meet Sanae, systems engineer at Roche in Waiblingen

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.

Interview with Massimo, Roche Pharma

"Roche gives you the opportunity to achieve your full potential, share experience and enrich yourself"

To sum up, working for Roche in Mannheim is an adventure - including all the exciting new activities I will be facing in future

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.

Innovative marketing also means rethinking what is tried and tested

We were once again able to get our customers enthusiastic about our product in a new way.

Meet Cordula

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.

Meet Armin

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.

People focus and a pioneering spirit

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.

Meet Daniel

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.

Meet Rita

Roche as an employer rightfully prides itself on embracing diversity and inclusion as a key ingredient for its success. Employees are encouraged to be genuine and authentic and unafraid to challenge the status-quo.

Meet Flora

Roche is a place where one would receive strong support from teammates, have colleagues who are sincerely helpful and always motivating, and be with a group of highly motivated people who constantly seek to aim higher for patients, the company, their team members and themselves.

Meet Noora

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.

Meet Senthil

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.

Conheça Bruno

Bruno diz que a Roche é uma empresa única, que realmente trabalha com o propósito de melhorar a vidas dos pacientes. “Embora quem está de fora às vezes não perceba a dimensão do que é feito, estamos mudando a história de vida das pessoas, o que é apaixonante”.

Conheça Rafael

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.

Conheça Flávia

Flávia gosta de criar vínculos com quem está ao seu redor. Possivelmente por causa disso ela decidiu atuar na área de RH. Mas, a sua escolha de trabalhar na Roche foi por causa da área de atuação da empresa e pela oportunidade de ajudar pessoas em momentos de necessidade.

Conheça Dayane

A diversidade de oportunidades, atividades, interação e ambiente de constante mudanças é o que encanta Dayane na Roche. Bem como a preocupação e o respeito da empresa por todos os funcionários.

Special Support for Special Qualification

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.

Meet Carolina

I like working here because Roche has a creative and innovative culture, where we are encouraged to come up with new ideas to improve our work.

Roche Indonesia Management Trainees 2017

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!

We’re after your ideas!

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.

Meet Halka

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.

Meet Axel

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.

Meet Avril

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.

Visión 2020. Un cambio cultural hecho entre todos y para todos

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.

Meet Jacob

My first assignment was with the Global Analytics and Reporting team where I had several projects. My first project was to provide data to support a program review for the Commercial Perspectives program for the Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics Division.

Meet Jessica

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.

Meet Lovette

From project manager to individual contributor to people manager, Lovette shares her career path and what being a leader means to her.

Meet Simon

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.

Meet Darko

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.

Meet Weronika

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.

Construyendo una cultura de flexibilidad

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.

Meet Jan

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!

Docs for Industry

Für Mediziner bietet die Pharmaindustrie vielfältige Karrieremöglichkeiten. Medizinstudentin Karolina hat bei Roche ein dreimonatiges Praktikum absolviert. In einem Interview erzählt sie, wie es ihr gegangen ist und was sie aus der Zeit mitnimmt.

Roche Informatics are establishing and growing IT Shared Service Centres

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.

Meet Asiedua

Hi, my name is Asiedua. I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. In my free time I enjoy wine tasting, cooking, hiking, and dancing. I currently live in Basel city and am surrounded by parks, restaurants, and inviting cafes.

Meet Carlos

Hi, my name is Carlos. I grew up in Havana, Cuba. In 2005, I moved with my wife and daughter to Ontario, Canada and eventually joined Roche in January 2010.

Meet David

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!

Meet Rachelle

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.

Meet Jami, Vice President of Operations for Sequencing

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.

Internship Program at Roche Pharma Indonesia

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.

Roche Indonesia 2nd Career Day 2016

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!

Roche Diagnostics Recognized for Commitment to Workplace Diversity and Inclusion in the Middle East at Annual Women in Leadership Economic Forum

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.

Meet Moritz

Hi, my name is Moritz. I grew up in Mainz in Germany, a city similar in size to Basel and located about 30 km west of Frankfurt/Main. I studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Bingen and completed my degree in Bioinformatics in 2007.

Roche Indonesia’s Career Day

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.

Meet Irene

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.

Meet Nhu

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.

Nuestros compañeros son nuestra prioridad

En Roche, queremos que cada empleado se inspire por lo que somos y hacemos. Los animamos a dejar su huella y mejorar las vidas de otros. Nuestros compañeros son nuestra prioridad y nos interesa acompañarlos en su crecimiento profesional y personal.

¡Desarrollamos el mejor talento!

Estamos comprometidos en ofrecer oportunidades profesionales locales y globales haciendo de Roche el mejor lugar para trabajar.

Meet Mario

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!

Meet LingCheng

LingCheng Tao, Legal Counsel, Legal, Roche Diagnostics. Finding the balance between the increasingly stringent regulations and growing business is challengeable.

Meet Chris

Chris Zhang, Procurement specialist, Finance, Roche Pharmaceduticals. This is a big family advocating learning from each other.

Meet Yuan

Yuan Chen, Senior District Manager, Key Account Hospital Access at Roche Pharmaceuticals. As hospital access team member, my job is helping hospitals know about Roche’s professionalism and strong academic study, strengthening Roche’s long-term cooperation with hospital.

Meet Ang

Ang Zhao, Senior Service Engineer, Customer Care, Roche Diagnostics. How to seek out the trouble spot of the equipment rapidly and assist to deal with patients’ sample in time is the most challenging part of my job now.

Meet Miao

Miao Xie, Customer Support Supervisor, Customer Care, Roche Diagnostics. Reasonable explanations and advice help patients receive treatment.

Meet Wei

Wei Chen, Foreman of finished goods warehouse at Roche Pharmaceuticals. Each box and each bottle of Roche Pharmaceuticals’ 18 products starts its journey from this huge warehouse and is delivered to people who need it.

Meet Weifeng

Weifeng Zhang, Drug Safety Scientist, Product Development, Shanghai. My duty is to analyze the drug safety data collected worldwide and make corresponding risk management strategies.

Meet YiLan

YiLan Zhang, Regional LI Manager, Regional LI Manager, Centralized and Point of Care Solutions. How to represent Roche and demonstrate company culture needs to be considered.

Meet YangYang

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.

Meet Dominik

I lead a global IT infrastructure consultancy team with team members in Basel, Penzberg, Sao Paulo, South San Francisco and Shanghai. In my role, I’m accountable for ensuring successful partnering within IT.

Meet Andreas

I am very excited about being part of the global product strategy team with so many highly talented and motivated people from all around the globe – that’s very inspiring.

Meet Andrea Masters

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.

Meet Daniela

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.

Meet Nancy

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!

Meet Marina

Hi, my name is Marina and I joined Roche in 2010 as Head of the Cell Biology Group. I am leading one of the Cancer Immunotherapy departments.

Meet Daphne

After my Masters studies in Business Administration with a focus in Engineering and Finance, I joined Roche in Switzerland as a Global Finance Management trainee.

Meet Jennifer Fleming

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.

Meet Sotirios

I am currently working as a Business Solution Manager (BSM) in the Business Intelligence & Analytics department within Informatics. I provide functional and strategic expertise for a wide area of business processes and solutions within the drug development lifecycle.

Meet Nusheen Ditta

I work in a very supportive and talented department. Our ideas and thoughts are considered important and we are encouraged to voice them in many different forums and venues.

Wearing a proud shade of green

A little over a year ago Roche Pharma Canada moved to its new premises in Mississauga. Part of that move involved looking at the environment goals closely and putting systems and efforts in place to make the campus a model for sustainability.

LED by science

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.

A family waits for a medicine

February 29 is Rare Disease Day. It is a day of hope for Fernanda Silva, a Roche colleague in Brazil, and her husband Acerlan Souza. Their daughter Beatriz is seven. She is a little bundle of joy and is extremely playful. But she has a problem, a rare one.

Roche Mannheim assists refugees

As home to around 6,000 refugees, the Benjamin Franklin barracks in the north of Mannheim currently resemble a small town. A lot of things, including sleeping bags, tables and winter clothing, are in short supply.

Meet Karina

HR Perspectives is a step out of your comfort zone, an adventure that provides indispensable insights into your personal and professional passions and capabilities.

Meet Pelin

In October 2017, I completed the HR Perspectives program and started to my post program role in Basel. I am working as a Talent Acquisition Expert and supporting both Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics divisions.

Meet Jannik

HR Perspectives brought me from Basel, Switzerland over South San Francisco, USA to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where I am currently an HR Business Partner for our commercial organization in the Diagnostics business.

Meet Andrea

I have over 15 years’ experience as an Executive/Administrative Assistant for various industries including IT consulting, insurance, and event management.

Meet Raul

I joined Roche in May 2015 in Vancouver and relocated to Montreal in June. I was born and raised in La Paz (Bolivia), completed my undergraduate studies in France and the USA and moved to Canada for graduate school.

Meet Eric

I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Toronto with my parents at the young of 6. My hobbies include a variety of things such as photography, building models, snowboarding, playing basketball and video games.

Meet Jochen

My name is Jochen. I was born in Southern Germany where I also spent my whole childhood. I hold a master’s degree in Business and Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

Meet Paola Botrugno

I am responsible for the implementation of the Personalised Reimbursement Model project with affiliates – meaning I support them in developing and implementing their strategies as well as providing input and facilitating knowledge sharing.

Meet Justyna

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..

Roche Ranks 3rd Globally in Diversity and Inclusion Index

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.

Meet Michael Schröter

I look after the implementation of the Personalised Reimbursement Model (PRM). My team is charged with developing and implementing a framework to address a key challenge in pricing and access.

Meet René Imhof

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.

Meet Claudine Sapede

I am responsible for aligning global, regional and affiliate functions around common priorities, themes, principles and positions in the field of HTA and payment policy.

Meet Charles Ngoh

My role requires an ability to think strategically and to work with and lead teams.

Meet Carla Bedard

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.

Meet Pierre Ducournau

A key aspect of my role is to understand current and future HTA requirements and translate these into meaningful analyses and methodologies which can be used directly by Roche affiliates for their HTA strategy and dossiers.

Meet Taimur Bhatti

My role requires a broad understanding of the constantly evolving payer environment and an appreciation of challenges faced by Roche affiliates.

Meet Asli Sisli

The most rewarding aspect of my job is that I am able to address issues with high impact on patient well-being and company turnover.

Neither down, nor out

Genentech’s Greg Orlick has multiple sclerosis but has made it a positive influence in his life

Meet Pavel Napalkov

Key skills for my role are the ability to prioritise, to have a positive attitude while working in the constantly changing business environment, be genuinely interested in what your business partners do and to actively give help and ask for help.

Meet Christine, Product Manager

I grew up in Paris(France) and studied chemistry, galenic formulation and healthcare management.

Meet Trinh, HR Administrative Assistant

My name is Trinh. I graduated with a major in International Business Administration from Ton Duc Thang University. I am working as HR Administrative Assistant.

Meet Tin

Hi, my name is Tin. I was born in Guangzhou, China. I moved to Hong Kong when I was 11, and then to Melbourne, Australia, as an international student when I was 15 years old. I stayed in Australia for over 10 years and graduated from the University of Melbourne.

Meet Caroline

My name is Caroline. I am an expert in flow cytometry, which is a technology used to analyse immune cells.

What is Molecular Information Management?

The emerging field of Molecular Information and Genomic analysis will play an increasingly important role for future medicines and diagnostic solutions, in particular for cancer patients

Roche is one of the greenest companies

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.

Careers at Roche: How to apply in a few easy steps

We've listened carefully to your comments the last years and have made some exciting changes to our career site.

Roche Diagnostics China Best Employer 2014

Meet Aymeric

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.

Meet Nina

My daily work is truly varied, spanning research in literature, planning future experiments, reviewing and analyzing data as well as practical work and hands-on experience at the machines.

Meet Molly

Roche Basel is a very international and dynamic site to work at. There are more than 10 nationalities in my team of 12 people. People bring their different backgrounds and experiences and are open to share best practices.

Meet Noémie

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.

Business Intelligence or the importance of getting the right data

In IT information matters and, in fact, it does a lot. That’s why reporting skills are so important when you need to have a detailed view at your data in order to make the right decisions for your organization.

Meet Hanna

I learned how critical the role of HR is in fostering the corporate culture, developing the workforce and ultimately, in achieving business goals.

Meet Pia

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.

Meet Christin

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.

Effective feedback in professional environments

Managing feedback will help you always in your professional career. One of the skills that always will be included in the profile of good leaders is their ability to give and receive feedback smoothly but effectively.

Meet Chris

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.

Meet Nirvana Ramlall

Roche is definitely focused on staff development and the performance evaluation method over the years has been more than fair, relevant and transparent.

Meet Clinton

I believe Roche has the true interest in not only getting products to patients but also in developing the market in which it operates.

Meet Thozama

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.

Meet Themba

I was looking for a company that was an Innovator and ahead of the rest when it came to technology and Roche is that company.

Meet Michael

I am stimulated on a daily basis to solve legal and compliance issues to make sure that we meet our obligation of “Doing now what patients need next.” more

Meet Burçe

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.

Meet Sinan

I am 40 and have been married since 2007. I have a 5 years old son. I graduated from İstanbul Technical University where I studied Environmental Engineering.

Meet Deniz

I grew up in Bursa, one of the major cities in Turkey. After graduating from high school in there, I moved to Istanbul for my education.

Meet Wei An

My name is Wei An and I am originally from Singapore, a little city state in Southeast Asia with 5.4 million residents in a tiny land area of 700sq km.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Career Blog

Interviews with and good advice from our recruiters and employees around the globe.

Chiara

“Doing now what patients need next’ means committing ourselves now, working to the best of our ability, to meet the needs of patients, including those still unexpressed.”

Darío Salas

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.

Meet Cristina

Hi, my name is Cristina Varela. I am originally from Spain, from a small city called Ponferrada located in the north. I did my graduate studies in Labor Science...

Meet Leslie

I've been with Roche for 12 years. I actually started in 2001, in a company called Ventana Medical Systems in Tucson, Arizona, which in 2008 became a part of Roche. At that moment, I couldn't imagine all the interesting opportunities ahead of me!

Roche is one of Britains Top Employers

Roche has been named as one of Britain019s Top Employers for 2013, as certified by the CRF Institute.

Meet Susanne

My name is Susanne and I am originally from Magdeburg in Germany. I work as a formulation scientist at Roche. I studied pharmacy in Germany but this was not what I thought I would be doing...

Conoce a Esmeralda

Soy Médico con una especialización administrativa (MBA) y con amplia experiencia en el sector asegurador del país. He trabajado con el Ministerio de Salud (hoy Ministerio de Protección Social), varias EPS que son las entidades que administran la prestación de los servicios de salud de nuestro país (similar al Seguro Social de algunos países) y con la Sociedad Colombiana de Anestesiología y Reanimación, gerenciando una de sus unidades de negocio.

Meet Till

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.

Meet Roche Diagnostics Sweden s two little soldiers that are helping in its battle to stay green

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!

Conoce a Marcos

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.

Conoce a Oscar

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.

Meet Thomas

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.

Meet Agata

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 bachelor0019s degree in computer science. I subsequently earned a master0019s 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.

Meet Dennis

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.

Conoce a Reinaldo

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.

Meet Niclas

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.

Meet Eddie

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.

Meet Christina

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.

Meet Mae

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.

Meet Arjun

By the end of the program, you will be able to build a strong network around the world in different departments.

Meet our current participants from the Finance Perspectives program: Gevorg

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.

Meet Rodel

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

Conoce a Sandra

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.

Meet Simon

Simon Wang, Senior Manager, Statistical Programming & Analysis, Roche Pharmaceuticals. All strategic moves make Roche an analytical leader in the industry and benefit the patients in return.

Meet Jane

Jane Shi, Scientist, Drug Safety, Roche Pharmaceuticals. As an international company stationed in China, the drug safety department of Roche R&D is one of the few industry pioneers.

Meet Xue

Xue Zhou, Scientist, Infectious Diseases Discovery & Translational, Roche Pharmaceuticals. As a discovery scientist, I particularly appreciate Roche’s persistence in investing in innovation.

Meet Hille

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.

Meet Erin

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.

Meet Spacey

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.

Meet Monika

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.

Meet Daniel

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 Europe019s 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 world019s biggest pharmaceutical companies. The birth of my daughter was a major milestone in my life because it demanded a lot of flexibility from me.

Meet Judith

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, it019s 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.

Meet Carmen

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 01cDreiländereck01d. 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.

Meet Fanny

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.

Meet Kwang Ooi Tan

For 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.

Meet Gintautas

Roche is a great place to work because here you feel like part of a big family, here you can grow and realize your ideas. Im really having fun here!

Meet Drew

Originally from Ohio, I obtained my BS in mechanical engineering and MS in biomedical engineering from The Ohio State University. Since then I’ve spent over 8 years working in various roles related to Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Meet Fiona

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...

Meet Feifei

I was born in Shanghai, China. By the time I graduated from university in my hometown, my dream was to study and work abroad. So I went to Japan to purse my MBA. After graduation, I found a sales job in a global diagnostic...

Meet Birute

Roche is a great place to work because people gain an enormous amount of valuable experience here, and opportunities to develop oneself are the best you can ever expect.

Meet Anisha Gupta

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...

Meet Andreas

Hello, I am Andreas group leader at the Galenical Engineering department at Roche Basel. I joined Roche in 1997, I started at the vitamins division in Sisseln then moved to Pharma division in 1999...

María José Palacios

Soy Lcda. en Nutrición Humana. He realizado cursos en: diabetes, nutrición en pacientes quirúrgicos, estrategias clínicas para prevención de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles y obesidad infanto juvenil.

Roche nuestro segundo hogar

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.

Mariela de la Bastida A

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.

How to Establish and Maintain Good Relationships in the Workplace

You 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.

The voice of the employees

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...

7 Body Language Tips for Winning 'The Job'

Adjust 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.

Meet Namrata Mehta

When I was a child, I always aspired to follow the footsteps of my brother Dr. Virsen J. Ruparel, who not only served the diseased patients and their families but the entire medical fraternity with utmost humility and dedication

What about the development?

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.

Conoce a Miguel, Gerente de Contabilidad

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Dressing for Interviews

Before 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.

Meet Neetha Pai

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...

Why You Should Never Eat Lunch at Your Desk

We 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.

10 Rules to Have a Great Interview

In 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.

Meet Rajesh Rajendran

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.

Tips for Staying Positive at Work

It'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:

Getting Things Done my way

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?

The Art of Selling Yourself

Seated across the table is your prospective employer, your interviewer. He is relaxed, leaning back in his swivel chair, with your résumé on the table before him. Impress me, he repeats, making a steeple out of his hands as he patiently awaits your response

Meet Vega Reung

“Senior management participates regularly in company events which made me realise that working hard and having fun at work are not mutually exclusive!”

Meet Sze Rui Ong

The DNA hub consists of a small gym, table tennis tables, football tables, and pool tables, etc.

Meet Sarah Tay

Sarah 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.

Meet Daphne Chua

My 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.

Meet Brenda Lee

I 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.

Office Anger Management: How to Stay Calm When You're Fuming

We'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.

The 7 Bad Habits of Ineffective Job Seekers

As 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.

How working in an IT infrastructure department in a big company looks like?

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.

20 tips for maintaining a healthy work-life balance

Maintaining 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.

10 steps to a successful CV

Writing a good CV can be one of the toughest challenges of job hunting. Most employers spend just a few seconds scanning each CV before sticking it in the 'Yes' or 'No' pile.

Meet Abhishek Mondal

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.

Meet Pankaj Vishwakarma

If your competition is with yourself, and you want to beat your own best, come join us. We get the best out of you.

Meet Chandraprabha Gupta

Roche Diagnostics India is a wonderful company to be associated with as it provides opportunities to grow professionally as well as personally. Roche provides a competitive yet healthy environment to each employee who is eager to learn and grow.

Meet Kamal Kant

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.

Meet Rajeev Raina

If you really want to make a difference in the healthcare industry and if you possess the core Values of Roche(Integrity, Courage and Passion), you are moving towards the right direction.

Meet Bejoy Baby

My name is Bejoy Baby. I am personally a very private person, very curious, always wants to know more, love watching movies, IT buff and into all things electronic. I wanted to be an engineer when I was young or thought I did until I grew up.

Meet Modestas

My daily job includes not only marketing activities, but we are also organizing hepatitis screening and awareness campaigns for society , and we also run patient and patient organization support programs.