Genentech's Employee Transportation program, gRide, provides flexible and convenient services and incentives designed to support employees getting to and from work and around the Genentech campuses without having to drive alone or to even drive at all. By choosing gRide, employees can save time and money by sharing a ride to work and using carpool lanes, as well as avoid stress and traffic by using public transit.

The following is an overview of the many programs and services we have to help employees discover a convenient commute option that fits their unique lifestyle:

• Comfortable, WiFi equipped GenenBus coach services to select neighborhoods throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area;
• Convenient connections to public transportation in South San Francisco, Oceanside and Hillsborough;
• Reliable and quick intra-campus shuttle service in South San Francisco;
• gRide Rewards offers a $4 per day incentive and a $115 transit and vanpool subsidy for all South San Francisco employees who participate in commuter programs;
• gRide Rewards for South San Francisco drivers offers a $2 per passenger trip incentive for carpool and vanpool drivers up to a maximum of $32 per day;
• gRide Hotline for questions and customized commute planning assistance for South San Francisco employees;
• Ride Planner, an online tool to help employees find convenient commute options based on where they live and work;
• Rideshare, a new and innovative way to connect carpooling coworkers who live in many neighborhood using a cell phone and simple text message commands;
• Genentech's Guaranteed Ride Home program to get employees home quickly via a taxi should an emergency arise, such as a sick child at home or even an employee has to stay late at work unexpectedly;
• The WageWorks program, allowing employees to purchase transit and parking passes with pre-tax dollars saving approximately 40% off transit pass purchases. Employees working in South San Francisco and participating in the Commute Program receive a company subsidy, up to the monthly pre-tax limit, on the value of transit tickets or vanpool costs instead of using their own pre-tax dollars. This non-taxable subsidy does not apply to the pre-tax parking allowance.