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      Medidata Solutions

      Part of Dassault Systèmes

      Engaged Employer

      Medidata Solutions reviews

      3.3

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (1,031 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 1,031 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 27, 2020

      Plenty of nice people, but low engineering standards and concerning new leadership

      Senior applications engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Most of the people I knew there are pleasant to work with - On many teams, it's possible to have a good work-life balance

      Cons

      - The company doesn't do DevOps and most teams are lucky to deploy once a month. This painfully slow cadence means each release is extremely high stakes, leading to a lot of stress and tension; it also means critical fixes and performance improvements languish for weeks or months, or until their absence prompts an emergency serious enough to bypass the normal change process - Engineering is not empowered to make decisions; this varies somewhat from team to team, but by-and-large engineering teams are expected to be order-taking -- tech debt is generally not taken seriously, which leads to fragile and unmaintainable systems, prompting embarrassing performance and stability problems. Instead of prompting self-reflection from Product leadership, this usually triggers a blame game which rolls down to engineering - New management pushed out all the good middle and some senior managers who helped build Medidata's positive culture; the new leadership is secretive and remote, and credible rumors of outsourcing abound

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      Medidata Solutions Response
      6y
      Thank you for your feedback. I’m glad that the passion behind our mission to power smarter treatments and healthier people resonated with you. As a mission-driven company, it means a lot to hear that the mission was present in your day-to-day work. It sounds like there were some aspects of your experience that could have been better. Career development is important to us, so we offer a variety of live in-person and virtual on-demand resources and training opportunities for employees and people leaders. Employees are encouraged to create goals for growth and development and have multiple formal check-ins over the course of the year with their manager. We also advise all managers to have regular one-on-one meetings with their team members to stay aligned on project work deliverables. Our commitment to our clients and partners is to deliver a platform that accelerates clinical development. We use a variety of technologies and processes to do that. We are always open to ways to improve what we create and how we build it.
      3.0
      Mar 12, 2020

      Beware of changing culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A decent work environment in different parts of the company. Some really nice and experienced people.

      Cons

      "Promote from within" is a false expectation and too much politics. There is no honest feedback for growth. Check-in and 1:1s are a joke and extremely unprofessional. No discussion on work that may be interesting to work on. Random projects and product assignment no sufficient support.

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      Medidata Solutions Response
      6y
      Thank you for your feedback. It's disappointing to hear that you're not having a positive employee experience. Career development is important to us, so we offer a variety of live in-person and virtual on-demand resources and trainings for employees and people leaders. Employees are encouraged to fill out their goals for growth and development in Workday and have multiple check-ins over the course of the year with their manager to ensure transparency. We also advise all managers to have regular check-ins with their team members to maintain alignment. We will continue to work on bridging this gap and improving the system.
      4.0
      Jul 12, 2017

      Growing fast. Tremendous opportunity and experience

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work environment Flexible Good benefits Fun place to be Opportunities to learn

      Cons

      If you love change and working hard, great place to be. If lazy and looking for an easy job, might want to look elsewhere. Some communication challenges between levels.

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