Great colleagues and free lunch, but should lack strong management - Anonymous employee insitro Employee Review

3.0
25 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You meet some of the nicest and smartest people here and they provide free lunch!

Cons

Senior Management plays favorites, upward mobility is slow and higher positions are offer to new hires instead of internally, and some new hires use their higher level to boss and micromanage while taking credit.

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5.0
11 Sept 2024
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Pros

Amazing CEO and fascinating work. Appreciated the great team I was on and the wonderful colleagues.

Cons

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2.0
4 Aug 2025
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Pros

Great cafeteria, benefits, low workload.

Cons

Management is clueless about how drugs discovery works, forget applying AI to it. Most scientists have no idea what to do beyond surviving the quarter and their current manager. Proof? 7 years after founding, they barely have a pipeline, nothing in the clinic and "one" target discovered for ALS. One target after raising 800 million. Nepotism is rampant. You will see 30 y/o "associate directors" with no direct reports or management experience. AI/ML and biology work in complete silos. Good place if you want to just coast and take a pay-cheque. Bad place if you are serious about your career.

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