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      Medidata Solutions

      Part of Dassault Systèmes

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      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

      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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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 29, 2015

      Depends on the group your in

      Project manager
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      Pros

      I was recruited to Medidata from a competitor. Slight bump in pay, the big draw for me was the working from home ability. Has its good and bad like all companies. The Senior leadership, President and CEO feel inspiring, seem to really know what they want to do and can convince you you want to do it. Middle management is poor, a lot depends on the group you end up in. If I could have foreseen what was too come, I would not have left my last company.

      Cons

      Bait and switch. I was hired in at a Senior level position, but was dropped down a notch title wise. This is apparently a common practice there. Onboarding was not good, being remote, after the first 2 weeks, couldn't get a hold of my manager for 3 weeks by IM. Phone, email. Was not sure what to do, and was never available when I needed him/her. When they did get in touch, a lot of micro-managing Travel is more than advertised, I was clear how much or little I wanted to travel, and my travel ended up being double. Vacation policy, for salaried employees they have a 'unlimited PTO' policy. I asked several people at different times to see the written policy which was no where to be found. When I was leaving the company, this affected me as there was no vacation pay, even though I used very little PTO. Your reviewed by your manager, but their is no recourse if you disagree with the manager. You are expected to agree to your review, even though you may not. No recourse No plan for career advancement, when I asked what it would take to move to a different role, the only answer given was to learn more products. I tried for a couple different positions while I was there, and was given no help by my manager, and in one case was told they purposely gave some mis-information so I did not get the new opportunity

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      Medidata Solutions Response
      10y
      Thank you for your comments. We do pride ourselves on having great flexible work arrangements, and inspiring leaders! Onboarding is something that we are actually in the process of improving, so we appreciate the feedback about your new hire experience! We are re-vamping the entire process so the first impression our new hires have of Medidata is a great one. Being a remote employee is one of the many perks we have at Medidata, but we understand the experience will be a lot different than being in office. Our unlimited PTO policy is a perk that our employees are very happy about and we find that new hires love coming to a company that offers such a great benefit. The unlimited PTO policy can be easily found on our intranet, Medidata Express, along with all of our other policies. Mid-year reviews are a great time to sit down with your manager and discuss career path and growth in the company as we are always promoting from within and encourage our employees to explore their interests in different areas. As far as the position being releveled, this may have happened two years ago when we were striving for consistency across the company and did go through an internal position leveling calibration. Today's practice is very consistent, you know what level you are interviewing for and that doesn't change unless your actual position changes.
      5.0
      Jul 27, 2015

      Great work-life balance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great work-life balance, unlimited PTO, freedom to work from home. Great diversity. Treats engineers well. Standing desks. Does good for the world.

      Cons

      Large, corporate-feeling company can mean there's not a lot of visibility for what's happening elsewhere in the company or up above. Not too many hip perks compared to smaller tech companies and startups like food in office or cozy workspaces.

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      Medidata Solutions Response
      10y
      Thank you for your response and highlighting some of our great benefits. One thing we live and breathe is our culture. We do our very best to keep our “startup” feel and provide endless opportunity for our employees to stand out with the exceptional work they do. With our “no dress code” policy, we like our employees to feel comfortable at work. While we don’t have a chef in our kitchen, we do have food in the office many times a week, and our employees never go hungry!
      4.0
      Jul 27, 2015

      Great company with a great mission

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The company mission is something you can really get behind and feel good about. The culture is extremely laid back and relaxed, and the majority of the people are awesome to work with and super smart. The CEO and President are fantastic, and most of the exec team is A+.

      Cons

      You need to be completely adaptable to work here. Things change often and the pace is extremely fast. While most people are great to work with, some managers are God awful and literally drive great talent out of the organization.

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