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Q² Solutions

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Q² Solutions reviews

3.0

49% would recommend to a friend

(660 total reviews)
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Brian O’Dwyer

65% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Q² Solutions has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 660 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Q² Solutions 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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660 reviews
1.0
Sep 21, 2017

Personnel is a commodity not an asset

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work hours flexibility A lot of good teammates. Some wonderfully smart scientists.

Cons

In the 6 month prior to my resignation the company was losing 1 employee every 7-10 days. ~25-33% of the employees were leaving without other future opportunities secured. Treatement varies drastically between departments. Emphasis is on volume not on quality of work. Outside hires salaries are much higher than inside promotions. Management does not drive culture in a positive way. Unprofessional behavior is often rewarded. Office politics are high. Managers are very unaware of their subordinates work. Employees are expected to work unlimited overtime, in salary positions with no compensation. Recently switched to hiring temp employees. Temp employees are not viewed as anything but workhorses by management. Managerment puts on a show of listening, but is insincere.

1.0
Apr 22, 2017

EA was subpar and management was highly unprofessional

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I met some nice people while I was there. Made good connections and still speak to a few here and there.

Cons

Direct manager was unprofessional and rather trashy. She regularly had fights with other employees. Was told by a colleague that she was voted "most likely to get into a bar fight" in college (eye roll). She treated me and others poorly and made herself feel better by saying she was very "blunt." I'll say. It was just her nature. Not to mention she regularly wore low-cut shirts and and no one wanted to see that. She's a manager but should not have been...other offenses included yelling, talking trash about other employees, and audibly whispering with another catty employee. For whatever reason, the company felt she should be in her position and supported her. That was a pretty clear indication to me that the company was not up to par quality-wise and I'm glad not to be there. A few of the executives were absolute jerks as well. One in particular liked to trash talk people and generally swagger around and act intimidating. I believe they let him go at some point, or so I heard. CEO was nice enough but did not seem completely sincere for some reason I can't put my finger on. . . I recently spoke with another former employee who said he had PTSD from the place. I never felt comfortable there, it felt like a cliquish middle school. I really thought I had blinked and gone back to the seventh grade.

1.0
Oct 15, 2017

What a joke

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Pros

They will hire you right out of college; That's about the only good thing about this company. I would've put nothing but I suppose them being desperate for workers benefits those who have no employment history.

Cons

1) Employee turn over rate is stupidly high 2) Human Resources is non-existent 3) Growth/promotions rarely happen 4) They are fantastic at withholding pay checks with little to no remorse in regards to the employees who are suffering from their errors 5) They use the fact that they are a new company against everyone they employ 6) Across the company, none of the locations are satisfied with the results of the Quest and Quintiles merger 7) Even those who get hired right out of college through an agency begin to avidly search for a better job 8) They preach that they care about the quality of your work but in reality they only care about the quantity you output to the company 9) Working here makes everyone depressed/angry 10) The company will never care about you but your coworkers will and that's what ends up making it hard to leave.

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