Meh - Project Coordinator Medpace Employee Review

2.0
Jul 15, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-This is a great place to start out a career as they hire a number of college grads right out of school with little to no experience. -The people on your teams tend to be great and I’ve met many great people during my time at Medpace.

Cons

-While they hire people right out of college they 10000% low ball you in salary with absolutely no room to negotiate. People who stay in the company don’t see the rewards for their hard work as quickly as other companies and is still below average for industry standard. They also bring in people with less industry experience but pay them more than their loyal employees. -workload is completely unmanageable unless you’re manager goes to bat for you (even then it usually doesn’t help) You are put on a number of studies and given tasks outside of your scope. -through Covid-19 instead of taking pay cuts and trying to save employees jobs they did mass layoffs completely unannounced with little to no explanation. Even managers didn’t know their direct reports were going to be laid off until it happened. I would have liked to see the CEO take a pay cut instead of promoting his sons girlfriend to save her job right before the layoffs. Or jetting off to his house in Florida to still continuing to force employees to work. -working from home was never an option but the fact that employees were forced to go to work and/or take vacation time if they chose to stay home through a pandemic is outrageous. Times are changing and medpace policy’s should as well. -free lunches are a thing of the past so don’t pay attention to those “pros” previously posted -it is an expectation for senior employees to train new hires even while trying to manage all of the projects that are assigned to them. Word of advice- don’t be too good at your job or you will burn out with the amount of work given to you. -I’d suggest not driving to work while construction on the site is occurring. A number of people have reported nails/screws in their tires and when reported to HR got a “sucks time be you” response. Again if you are making people come to the office during a pandemic it only makes sense to at least sweep up a constitution zone or offer to reimburse for tire/car damage. -there have been a number of instances where the CEO has declined a promotion, bonus, change of work hours due to child care, etc. for no apparent reason even when managers, directors and his wife approved them. Showing a little love for your employees goes a long way but sadly people will continue to leave until things change.

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Medpace Response
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Wow! We are very taken back and saddened to hear about your experience with Medpace. Although we are disappointed to hear that you had a negative experience within the organization, we understand that the high standards to which we ask our employees to excel at are not for everyone. This is what we believe distinguishes us from other CROs. We work hard to ensure we are place that attracts employees not just for the short term, but are a place that our associates can grow in their career. We recognize that flexibility is needed, which is why we do offer “flex-time”, a benefit that still gives employees the ability to have a flexible schedule that encourages a well-balanced work/home life. During the uncertainty of COVID-19, we did allow our staff to work remotely for 2 months to ensure the safety of our employees. We have slowly started re-opening our offices to a staggered schedule at 50% capacity. Although we had maintained our full workforce with full pay for the initial weeks of the various lockdowns, despite the fact that many of our positions cannot be performed if our campus is not open, unfortunately this is not a sustainable long-term option. It was a very difficult decision to release some of our on-campus staff, and we hope that the severance packages offered to them will help in part to sustain during a difficult economic time for everyone. Although we loved offering free lunch daily to our employees, we are complying with CDC guidelines and felt it best to close down the lunch buffet for the time being – a buffet doesn’t seem like a smart way to protect the health of our employees  We are very grateful to have a leadership team that puts the people of the organization first. Contrary to your comments, we consistently work with our Compensation and Benefits team to review salary and benchmarks to assure we are aligned with the market while also being competitive in the industry. We do acknowledge that Medpace is not a fit for everyone, and we are okay with that. Every employee has different needs, and it is unrealistic to think we can meet all of them. However, we always try our best to make every employee feel valued and satisfied in their position at the organization. We encourage all employees to address concerns with their manager or HR representative while employed with us so we can try to fix any issues that may arise. It is apparent that Medpace was not the best fit for you, but we wish you luck in your future endeavors.

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