Veeva Systems reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,534 total reviews)
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Peter Gassner

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Veeva Systems has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,534 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Veeva Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Dec 13, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Leading edge software and security best practices good/competitive compensation

Cons

CEO is involved in the hiring process for every single employee CEO has certain rules that cause disruptions/distractions to solving business problems such as: * Blacklisting certain companies. - CEO has created a rule for recruiters and hiring managers to not hire from specific companies (Cisco, Intel, Apple are some companies on the list). When I was hired from one of these companies, my manager had to provide a 2-page written report every 3 months for the first year and he presented it in person to the CEO to continually prove that I should be allowed to stay at the company. There were extra interviews at the on-boarding stage to ensure I was a good fit, and it all felt like a huge waste of time. This rule was constantly brought up when I attempted to introduce new / innovations in our tools and processes and I was told more than 15 times in both private and large meetings that "my ideas were not welcome because I had come from one of those blacklisted companies." It was never surprising when my proposals were later re-introduced by someone else and then were accepted and integrated as business solutions - it just felt more and more frustrating as time passed. Additionally, senior managers would describe that process of denying my suggestions based on where I came from previously as a "test to me, and now let's see if I'll stay in a company that doesn't want my big corporate ideas". - separation of engineering teams meant tools and innovations were kept secret, such that each team needed to re-invent the wheel in their own way to solve common problems. This concept made the jobs for IT system administrators, and security extremely difficult since the teams they were supporting could not share information and tools. If one devops team solved a series of issues related to the migration to a common software, the other devops team was forced to learn how to solve the same business issues without the benefit of communicating with the other team. There is no sharing of knowledge even if it meant fixing problems that hurt the bottom line. In the business of deploying solutions to production, this was a bad decision that was constantly being replayed and causing frustration across multiple teams.

1.0
Jan 26, 2019

Buy the Stock, But Don't Take a Job There

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They control the CRM market and will control the entire Regulated Document Management Market for Life Sciences...will continue for a LONG time. They simply got there first and staked the claim and the way they did it coupled with the global nature of their clients means nobody is moving away from them. Veeva stock is a great investment. No Pros as an employee

Cons

The same thing that makes the stock great makes being an employee at Veeva a nightmare. Imagine working at a company that so dominates the market that it has no need or value for employees. Manager doesn't like you - gone. They can say anything because who cares? Can't travel 50 weeks a year - gone. They find someone out of college who will do your job for nothing (poorly) - gone....what difference does it make? It would cost their clients hundreds of millions to move away Veeva and turn over is so high and rapid that the people who remain are pretty much dug in.

1.0
Oct 25, 2018

Mistake. Don't do it.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well stocked snack kitchens and healthy lunch options every day.

Cons

​Working for this company is an absolute joke. I took a chance to try something new, something the hiring manager said I had full autonomy over. I knew I made a mistake my second week working here. My job was no longer what I was hired to do. Responsibilities and direction changed weekly, all based on what Peter wanted. The CEO instills fear into his team and everything is reactive to his edict. The Human Resources team is a mess, having 5 people leave within the last few months. How do you measure "Employee Success" you ask? Well, if you can't even retain the people who are there to help the employees, how is that going to help the rest of the company? Every Company Meeting starts with going over the company's values. Unfortunately, they don't practice what they preach. And the best thing? It is "recommended" that you leave your calendar public, so people can see what's on your calendar. If you don't following their recommendation, you are asked to set it to public view. Sure, that's autonomy all right.

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