Medidata Solutions reviews

3.3

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,030 total reviews)
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Anthony Costello

38% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

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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2.0
Apr 1, 2014

Not a great place to work

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Pros

Still a good company. Still very customer-centric, still a company of the smartest people out there and the best products on the market. Changes are being made, but that's normal for growing companies in continual growth mode. Yes, a bunch of people were let go, but I don't think it means anything for the long-term health of this company.

Cons

On the other hand, if you work here its pretty crappy day to day. Nowadays with all companies talking about HR and culture this company is the rare one that doesn't get it. They let the former head of HR leave, they should have convinced her to stay. Now we have HR that doesn't understand our business, doesn't understand that employees want to learn and advance in their careers, is feared and *rules* by intimidation and favoritism. Isn't that the worst reputation an HR department and HR head can have? People live in fear of getting on the bad side of the CEO or President or head of HR and getting fired for no reason, it's the topic of conversation and alot of anger. The head of HR visits the different offices and behaves like she owns them, and its widely known that people are nice to her face and then bad-mouth her behind her back (but never to the CEO or President of course, no honest feedback to them ever). I can even understand the recent firings to be honest, companies need to make changes to keep growing, but the way HR handled them wasnt good. HR can relax the dress code and the PTO policy all they want but those are small compared to what this company needs to put the culture back and regain employee loyalty. Doesn't matter what you can wear if you're not happy at work and doesnt matter that you can take as much vacation as you want if you can realistically never take any. This means HR doesn't understand the employees and what they need.

1.0
Jul 22, 2013

Horrible Company to work for. STAY AWAY at all costs!

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Pros

Location (because it is in around Union Square)

Cons

My experience there was absolutely terrible. Previously, I was working at a great company and had job security. I never applied to Medidata, the money hungry recruiter found me on Monster...basically stalked me until I picked up my phone. She managed to convince me of how great Medidata was and matched the ridiculous salary that I requested right off the bat (should have been a red flag). I was rushed in giving my two weeks to my previous employer. I then received calls from the recruiter (and my upcoming new manager) to NOT give two weeks to my previous employer and put emphasis on how they want me to start ASAP (something that shows they didn't care about me maintaing a positive reputation with my old company or how that could affect me) I finally started at Medidata and was worked like a slave to finish my project. After 3 weeks I finished my project and was told that a "business decision" to let me go is being made....AFTER I FINISHED THE WHOLE PROJECT THEY BROUGHT ME ON TO DO. I was constantly being rushed and given crazy deadlines, only to be let go after 3 weeks upon finishing my assignment. They left me without a job in a hard economic time (they basically pulled me away from my previous employer because they offered me an obscene amount of money, knowing I would take it) and now I am in an awful situation because of them. STAY AWAY! they are very bad people. DO NOT BE MANIPULATED BY WHAT THEY PROMISE YOU! The recruiters get commission if they find new employees...they do not care about the people at all.

2.0
Mar 15, 2025

Best days well behind

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Pros

Positive impact on society, stability (maybe not much longer), worklife ratio

Cons

Unfocused, Poor match with parent company, no raises, underfunded bonuses, poor mobility and promotion opportunities, technical debt, ridiculous RTO policies while at same time reducing other benefits and not giving merit increases..

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