Heading in the wrong direction - R&D Medidata Solutions Employee Review

3.0
Mar 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working here during COVID was very satisfying because we contributed directly to clinical trials for vaccines and therapies. Also the office and IT setups are great.

Cons

If you've been offered a job here, know that the company prompts new hires to post their "90 day review" of their experience so far directly to Glassdoor. The reviews aren't exactly fake, but who has anything bad to say about their employer after 3 months? Things move SLOW at Medidata. If you're from outside of the pharma industry, you'll really notice this. The company lost a lot of important contributors following the acquisition and subsequent reorgs. Middle management is almost entirely new as a result and a little lost. They're not handling it particularly well, and have taken up the Medidata mantle of having people work way too hard "just this once" instead of, you know, having a more realistic plan. This is costing them lots of good people and culture. It's a chaotic time to join the company, but I hope they can right the ship.

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5.0
Apr 8, 2026
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Pros

Established company with a stable process

Cons

A bit clicky, not a whole lot of feedback from management

2.0
Jun 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company was fantastic when I first started working there, the culture was embracing and supportive. Folks seem to care about your development at first and your growth.

Cons

After 3ds bought the company it started going downhill gradually, many c suite turnover, terminations and new latest CEO is clueless when it comes to executing the vision, while also making sure they continue delivering on NEXT all on all these features when at launch half of them don’t even work properly. Having spent years at the company I saw clients lose trust on the products and leadership, a lot of times CEO’s from client side would give advice on senior management on processes which being the vendor we should be the leaders on guidance not the other way around. Consider applying to other SaaS companies.

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