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Meso Scale Diagnostics reviews

3.1

59% would recommend to a friend

(231 total reviews)

Jacob Wohlstadter

40% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Meso Scale Diagnostics has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 231 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meso Scale Diagnostics 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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231 reviews
1.0
Jul 21, 2014

Stay away, you will regret it!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no pros of working at MSD other than the high salary.

Cons

It was a complete nightmare in my professional career as well as my personal life. At MSD all employees feel frustrated 100% of the time, all decisions have to go through the owner, even the smallest one, department managers have no authority whatsoever, and they feel as frustrated as you will if you accept your offer. It is like going back to being a kid, they will check on your every move like if you were at school, no one trusts anyone and that comes from the top down, you get a budget approved, and then need to seek approval three or four more times in order to get a project moving; so the simplest project could take several weeks, even months or sometimes years. They will hire you but will not trust you at all so you will not be able to use all your experience and knowledge since they don't let you bring any value to the company. They don't accept new ideas, and don't like to change anything about their ridiculous way of doing business. They are paranoid about legal issues, being sued and having someone still their information so they are crazy about filling out legal paperwork for everything and everyone. The company culture is based on disrespect, for example the CEO doesn't show up to meetings or shows up several hours late every week to his meetings without letting people know in advance so his subordinates wait for him for hours like if he is a god. Mostly everyone replicate this disrespect among peers since that is the example the company breathes daily. There are a few regular suspects that have high hierarchy from going to college with the owner and they feel entitle to treat everyone else like if those were inferior. Screaming to regular employees is common at MSD. There is an immense level of agression and mostly everyone is rude to one another. I was treated like if I was a recent college graduate, with no respect, unprofessionally, cruelly. I had read these reviews and still accepted the offer thinking it couldn't be that bad. Guess what, it is literately unbelievable how this company is run and people put up with this nasty environment. For your own sanity, stay away, don't get tempted by the high salary, you will regret it!

1.0
Aug 21, 2016

Stay away. Senior people leaving in droves

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some nice people but that doesn't justify taking the job. Minimum wage at a fast food restaurant will give you more growth and job satisfaction.

Cons

Several very senior people who have been with the company since it was founded recently left because they realized it's broken and the CEO refuses to make any changes. That is the biggest warning you can get to stay away from this place. CEO simply ignores all problems and continues to waste company resources on his personal projects. Do yourself a favor and run, don't walk away, far away.

1.0
Feb 10, 2016
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Pros

Absolutely nothing.. I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Cons

Unrealistic upper management, pathetic company benefits, the pay is a joke, no growth within the company, your work will be taken credit for by your incompetent manager's, hostile work culture to name a few... Let me tell about the company's famous Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) as they call it. You would expect the motive of this program is to bring up to speed employee's who are wanting in certain areas of their work. But in reality what the program does is embarrass you amidst your Supervisor, team head and the HR rep by bringing up your faults which might sound like it's not a big deal but they are mere reasons to put on paper so that you don't sue the company for firing you. What it essentially does is stress you out to a point that you sign the resignation letter and leave the company one fine day amidst this PIP. I went into a deep depression because of this particular company's policy... A million thanks to my Wife, family and friends in helping me overcome my trauma... Please please please do not ever join this company.. I don't wish my worst enemy to go through what I went through....

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