Medpace reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,510 total reviews)
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August Troendle

23% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Medpace has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,510 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Medpace employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Dec 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Met some great people, casual work attire, free salad bar at lunch

Cons

Low compensation, poor and unsupportive leadership, upper management is corrupt, overloaded with work without accounting for work/life balance, no valuing of hard working employees.

1.0
Mar 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pros of Medpace include free onsite gym, free lunch, nice coworkers. Flexible work hours (depending on your manager) reaching for these pros because there is not a lot of good things to say.

Cons

Low pay, very low bonuses and merit increases, usually no merit is given, bonus is unpredictable. Almost impossible to advance and/or get promoted unless you are liked by the executives. Executives need to get over themselves and step away. Retire already and let fresh ideas come in. Not letting people work from home when space is maxed out is silly. HR outright lies during the interview about advancement opportunities. Forced to sign a non compete valid for one year Forced to give 1 month notice or you can never be rehired and must pay back PTO Executives in a relationship directly reporting to each other-which contradicts their own SOP

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Medpace Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are proud to offer additional discretionary compensation to individuals in the organization who exceed performance expectations and meet the minimum eligibility requirements. Medpace values the growth of each employee, which is why we have multiple levels structured within each position in order to provide a way for our associates to have continual opportunities for advancement. A non-compete agreement is a very common practice in competitive industries, such as ours. Medpace notifies all candidates who interview of our employment contract prior to offering a position. This allows each candidate to evaluate if the non-compete agreement is something they feel comfortable with prior to joining the organization. We are always willing to address concerns and hear recommendations on ways to improve. Please feel free to reach out to your HR representative should you wish to discuss in more detail.
3.0
Jun 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great for getting into the industry if you have no previous experience. The training program is nice and does prepare you well for the job. The Cincinnati office if beautiful with spacious cubicles, free lunch ( usually just a salad bar), onsite gym and free workout classes. Younger demographic for new hire CRAs which makes forming friendships with coworkers a lot easier. Overall I would recommend this to someone trying to break into the industry, but if you have 3+ years of experience I would look somewhere else.

Cons

Can be very "clicky" especially with CRA managers and upper management. Many promotions/opportunities were given to less qualified Employees because they weren't BFF with their manager. The work load and travel can be overwhelming. There are CRAs who are working 70+ hours a week and fell like they are drowning while lots of CRAs sit in office without much to do. There needs to be more attention to work distribution and not just saying to the overworked CRA "there are highs and lows and this is just a high so deal with it." This is not just the CRA manager's way of thinking, even the CEO responded in a similar way to a CRA saying how she traveled on Sunday's and didn't get home till after midnight on Friday, he essentially said "that's the job so if you don't like it quit!" Ha great way to respond to your employees legitimate concerns. The company will continue to lose great CRAs due to the workload if nothing changes. Starting salary for a CRA is well below standard but once you get to 1.5-2year with the company you will earn closer to that standard.

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