Is Medidata Solutions a good company to work for?

Medidata Solutions has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,134 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 9% over the last 12 months. 41% of employees would recommend working at Medidata Solutions to a friend and 33% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Medidata Solutions have been left by employees working as Implementation Consultant , Intern and Director .

Does Medidata Solutions pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Medidata Solutions employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Medidata Solutions. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Medidata Solutions?

41% of Medidata Solutions employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Medidata Solutions 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Medidata Solutions?

Project Manager (52) , Software Engineer (35) , Implementation Consultant (23) , Senior Software Engineer (21) , Senior Project Manager (20) , Director (16) , Applications Engineer (13) , Sales (13) , Solutions Consultant (12) , Intern (11) , Senior Applications Engineer (9) , Business Analyst (8) , Business Development Specialist (8) , Client Executive (8) , Engagement Director (8)

What are the pros of working at Medidata Solutions according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and talent." ((in 100 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 75 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 58 reviews)); "PTO is unlimited and encouraged." ((in 45 reviews)); "Great teams to work with the collaboration is amazing." ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Medidata Solutions according to real employee reviews?

"Turnover (as a result of bad management even before The Great Resignation)." ((in 41 reviews)); "Senior leadership especially in marketing tries to drive demand generation and presents results that are not factual." ((in 30 reviews)); "Could be a better salary increase I think" ((in 18 reviews)); "Poor communication." ((in 10 reviews)); "To an extent, some favoritism is noticed, training promotions etc." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Medidata Solutions layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Medidata Solutions layoffs and their outlook for job security at Medidata Solutions in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Medidata Solutions locations?

New York , Iselin , Boston , San Francisco , Edison , Houston , Seattle , Newark , Raleigh , Remote , Philadelphia , Jersey City , San Diego , Conshohocken , Waltham , Charleston , Avenel , Elizabeth , New Brunswick , Orange , Woodbridge , Boise , Leesburg , Staten Island , Yonkers , Port Jervis , Bellevue , Oklahoma City , Charlotte , Cary

Medidata Solutions reviews

3.3

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,030 total reviews)

Anthony Costello

38% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Medidata Solutions has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,030 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Dec 29, 2015

Manage by fear

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The life work balance is great. Nice office space and very good non management employees. The company has great potential when it grows up.

Cons

Don't make mistake or will be fired, unless you're in R&D and write bad code. Way too many managers, and VPs just a waste of money since they are not technical nor know how to manage. To much back staving by managers to save themselves. No promotions unless you work in NYC office. The unlimited PTO might seem great unless you don't use it and then are fired because you will leave with ZERO money.

1.0

Aug 14, 2015

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice small game room at New York office with ps4, Xbox one, pool table, etc.

Cons

Very very bad middle management. Direct managers are kind of pain and introduces more obstacles, reduces morale. It's pretty much of my way or highway from senior people working on the team. Teams are ran by a single person , instead of working as a team. Product has no idea what it's doing. HR will say that the company is awesome and the glassdoor reviews are by past management. Dont listen to them. Run as far as you can from this company. You have been warned. :)

Medidata Solutions Response

10y

Thank you for your review. At Medidata, we hire the best talent, and sometimes that means hiring new managers. This is why we offer new and improved Learning and Development workshops such as “Having Quality Conversations”. We also recently introduced a new Leading at Medidata program for all new leaders to help them understand our culture of collaboration and innovation. Our most recent employee survey results reported an 85% employee engagement score, which most companies would envy. That's not to say we are perfect and some managers need more coaching and development but as we learn of problem areas we do attend to them.

1.0

Apr 12, 2023

Firefighter but without the hero

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It feels good to be connected to a larger mission of improving clinical research. The starting pay was competitive for the market. The benefits are nice although unlimited PTO seems easiest to use in small chunks of time. There is a lot of flexibility to set your work hours around appointments, daycare, etc.

Cons

There's lots of talk about building better solutions, but reality yields an experience closer to whack-a-mole with legacy tech debt and constantly changing priorities. We don't spend enough time understanding our users. Our "new" solutions are based on existing customer requirements instead of being guided by a clear strategy. With too much to do and not enough resources we often go for quick fixes, incentivized by getting better metrics for our year-end goals. My team has taken changes to their job functions in stride, but if we continue to only follow where the wind blows they may jump ship—especially considering our raises were around 2.5% despite "excellent performance" with 15% software revenue growth in 2022.

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