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Cepheid overview

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Biotechnology
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6,000
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Cepheid is a molecular diagnostics company that is dedicated to improving healthcare by developing, manufacturing, and marketing accurate yet easy-to-use molecular systems and tests. By automating highly complex and time-consuming manual procedures, the company's solutions deliver a better way for institutions of any size to perform sophisticated genetic testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases. Through its strong molecular biology capabilities, the company is focusing on those applications where accurate, rapid, and actionable test results are needed most, such as managing infectious diseases and cancer.
The staff at Cepheid come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 46.7% female and 65.6% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Cepheid employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Democratic Party, at 72.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Democratic Party. Cepheid has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 3.9 years.The average employee at Cepheid makes $86,295 per year. In comparison, some of its highest paying competitors, like Gilead Sciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Sarepta Therapeutics, pay $99,828, $95,952, and $94,985, respectively.
Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Cepheid is a key player in the health care industry with 6,000 employees and an annual revenue of $531.1M.

Cepheid's mission statement

To enable medical providers to identify and treat diseases early, increasing opportunities to improve patients survival and quality of life.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024
Pros of working at Cepheid

None

Cons of working at Cepheid

Low salary package, top management in confusion and after their own personal interests

Cepheid benefits

None as Cepheid is below standard

What do you like best about Cepheid's CEO and the leadership team?

which one, as CEO changed every 6 months?

How would you improve Cepheid's culture?

Replace current leadership

How did you prepare for the Cepheid interview?

By being very clear on how my skills were a good fit for the role

How does your compensation at Cepheid compare to the industry average?

It is grossly below competitors

What's the diversity at Cepheid like?

Diversity was leveraged by leadership to earn incentives therefore it led to a reverse discrimination and hiring of bad talent only based on group belonging

What brings you the most joy at Cepheid?

Good people, teamwork and results

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2024
Pros of working at Cepheid

None

Cons of working at Cepheid

Poor work life balance. Terrible management from the top down. Disgusting evil people. Mafia style management that plots against employees. Little to no opportunity for advancement.

Cepheid benefits

Occasionally free donuts.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros of working at Cepheid

The team is very professional and diligent.

Cons of working at Cepheid

Sometimes they don't treat consultants are members of the team.

Cepheid benefits

Team offsite event once every quarter.

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The team at Cepheid

  • The founders of Cepheid are David H. Persing, Dennis H. Giesing, M. Allen Northrup, Geoff Smith, Kerry Flom, Kurt Petersen, Steve Young and Tom Gutshall.
  • The key people at Cepheid are John Bishop, David H. Persing and Dennis H. Giesing.
Key people
John Bishop
David H. Persing
Dennis H. Giesing
M. Allen Northrup
Geoff Smith
Kerry Flom
Kurt Petersen
Steve Young
Tom Gutshall

Cepheid rankings

Cepheid is ranked #33 on the Best Health Care companies to work for in California list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Cepheid salaries

Average Cepheid salary
$86,295
yearly
$41.49 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Cepheid diversity

10.0
Diversity score
We calculated Cepheid’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Cepheid’s workforce.
Cepheid diversity summary. Zippia estimates Cepheid's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Cepheid's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Cepheid's workforce.
  • Cepheid has 6,000 employees.
  • 47% of Cepheid employees are women, while 53% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Cepheid is White (34%).
  • 28% of Cepheid employees are Asian.
  • 27% of Cepheid employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • The average employee at Cepheid makes $86,295 per year.
  • Cepheid employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Cepheid stay with the company for 3.9 years on average.

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Cepheid financial performance

9.3
Performance score

Highest paying Cepheid competitors

Compare Cepheid salaries to competitors, including Gilead Sciences, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Sarepta Therapeutics. Employees at Gilead Sciences earn the highest average yearly salary of $99,828. The salaries at Vertex Pharmaceuticals average $95,952 per year, and the salaries at Sarepta Therapeutics come in at $94,985 per year.
RankCompanyAverage salaryJobs
1$99,8280
2$95,9520
3$94,9850
4$94,7490
5$93,2960
6$90,3280
7$88,1860
8$85,5890
9$85,0080
10$84,4950

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Cepheid may also be known as or be related to CEPHEID, Cepheid, Cepheid Inc and Cepheid Inc.