Great but far from perfect - Consultant Lumanity Employee Review

4.0
Oct 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing people. Extremely smart group that knows how to tackle very difficult issues in pharma. Strong emphasis on keeping a solid culture and vibe through events, lunches, random perks. Interesting work (for the most part). Strong base of recurrent clients and solid business outlook despite consulting industry-wide struggles.

Cons

Accessibility to senior leadership is not what it used to be. Integration with Lumanity has not been great so far, but trending upwards. There are concerns that the greater organization is going do away with certain things that make Clarion great and there is a lot of uncertainty here. Hours are very variable and unbalanced. There are people putting in 80+ hour weeks while others are less than 50% staffed, which is driven by inefficiencies in staffing. All in comp is strong but boosted by the solid bonus structure. If overall firm performance continues to trend downwards, bonuses will be reduced which will lead to all in comp coming in below market average.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

don't recommend Lumanity to anyone

Cons

The onboarding and training process did not meet my expectations. I was told during the hiring process that I would receive structured training, but in practice this never materialized. Although there was a training plan available, it was not actively followed or prioritized by my manager. From my first week, I was assigned to multiple client projects with minimal guidance and was expected to learn independently while meeting demanding deadlines. The workload was often very heavy, with several concurrent projects and, at times, multiple deliverables due on the same day. For someone new to the company and medical communications, this created a steep learning curve and made the transition unnecessarily challenging. In my experience, work-life balance was poor. Tight deadlines and high workloads frequently resulted in long working days, and it was common to see colleagues working from early morning until late at night, particularly during busy periods. The pace of work often felt unsustainable.

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