A place to learn but way overworked and under-supported. - Clinical Research Associate Medpace Employee Review

1.0
Sep 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Training program for new CRAs can help you break into clinical research. -Travel perks let you keep airline/hotel points.

Cons

- Noncompete agreement. To my knowledge, this is the only CRO that is willing to pay lawyers to chase after employees that leave instead of paying their CRAs/other employees more or improving employee retention. - High turnover because of low pay and poor management leads to a chaotic work environment. Very stressful and unnecessarily so. - They advertise 2-3 protocols on average and 10-15 sites. Reality is 4-6 protocols and 20+ sites. Requests to manager for workload reduction are brushed aside/ignored. - Work culture: Work/Life balance is terrible. Though they give you PTO and sick days, the workload they assign you makes it so that taking time off makes your return to work very stressful as it builds up. Many at the company just seem to think it's acceptable to work 7 days a week with no end in sight.

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Pros

Good pay and great training program

Cons

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers are willing to help you and answer questions.

Cons

Abysmal pay for industry standards. Work will be piled on continuously. More and more studies. Forced to present impossible timelines. And then you have to speak to why these timelines were not met after the fact when it's outside of your control. Travel expectations thrown at you with a couple days notice. CEO micromanages the entire company. They track when you badge in and badge out of the building. You have to badge out to exit. Upper management throws you under the bus in front of sponsor despite agreeing with you in prep call and telling you they will have your back. People here work crazy long hours late into the evening and think it's normal.

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