a toxic work environment with no progress - Statistical Analyst Medpace Employee Review

1.0
Oct 6, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes free lunch (pre COVID), dental and medical insurance.

Cons

Poor management from the US company - only able to speak to supervisors once every few weeks in a group setting and not able to have a one-to-one with managers and build an actual relationship. Working last minute on studies that need someone to cover as there is lack of resource so having to rush jobs just to get out information to the sponsors. Weird upper management from Data management side (they don't even work with us but tried to micro manage us). No career progression or any kind of review process, will at most get a 10 minute call to say that you are doing your job to the standard expected. Teams were made up of unsuspecting grads who took the first job out of uni so there was a lack of structure in the London office for Biostats. No kind of training budget or personal development time, ending up running code that you bodge together to make it work but you can never get to know processes, as long as the output looks OK they don't care. Really really poor project managers who had way too many trials at one time and so couldn't keep up and would often misread emails and tell you the wrong thing, or accuse you of being wrong because they hadn't read a table correctly, and then not admitting their mistakes. Workplace bullying in terms of trying to get rid of people. HR were not useful at all, do not go to them if you genuinley have a problem as they will find a way to blame you for it, not find a solution. Before COVID you weren't able to work from home at all as there was distrust in employees. In general, an extremely poor experience, I'm sure the Cincinatti office is a lot nicer as they have more established teams, but the London Director did not seem like they cared at all about people and made off hand comments to show how little they cared.

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Medpace Response
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We are taken back by your comments and want to ensure we are place that attracts employees for the long term and where our associates can grow in their career. We’re very sorry to hear your comments about Medpace and the negativity you feel is within the organization and your department. We work hard to ensure our culture is one that promotes positivity and values the employees of the organization. We are saddened to hear about your feelings toward our HR team. Our HR department strives to serve the employees of the organization and provide a collaborative environment where they can continue to grow and thrive within the organization. Any issues brought to HR are prioritized accordingly. More specifically, they are all reviewed, and then escalated as necessary. We recognize, however, that when concerns are escalated to HR the resolution of issues may result in differences of opinion as to how concerns should be resolved. We are also very proud of the leadership we have in upper management, and do encourage employees to speak to their HR Representative should they have specific concerns. It is apparent Medpace was not the best fit for you, but we appreciate the review.

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