Medidata Solutions reviews

3.3

44% would recommend to a friend

(1,029 total reviews)
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Anthony Costello

42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Medidata Solutions has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,029 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Medidata Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Apr 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Unlimited time off. Game room. Work from home. If you stick around long enough, you will get promoted, even if you do not have the skills.

Cons

The company sold itself as a small company time, yet they were over 1000+ when I left. The company has grown so much that there are too many levels of management. Managers with 10+ years of employment with little management skills. It felt like I was working for a big bank or government. Not much got done. They also have an antiquated application.

3.0
Mar 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

OK, so Medidata is amazing for many reasons: - You get to work on products and business problems that make the world a healthier place - The culture is friggin awesome and the majority of people you work with are down to earth, cool, collaborative people - You actually get a work/life balance - Amazing benefits (stock purchase program, gym reimbursement, etc.)

Cons

Based on my experience, and seeing people in similar situations, this is not the best company if you're young, talented, and ambitious. So many layers of middle management have been created and the company doesn't really have much transparency in promotions or raises. Basically, neither the HR department or middle management focus on developing and promoting people under them. The company's mentality is *it doesn't matter how talented you are, we're only going to promote you if there's some position open*. It's weird, they literally disincentivize you from working your hardest. The people who I've seen be really successful stay for a year or two and use the company as a launch point to a gig at some other company that has a better title and salary.

2.0
Jan 24, 2016

Not what it was

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wide variety of projects, people on the individual contributer are good to work with. They handle agile development with geographically separated teams quite well.

Cons

Too many simultaneous projects and way too much time spent in unnecessary meetings. My biggest complaint is that after spending a whole day in meetings, I was expected to go home and do the work that didn't get done because of the meetings.

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