Probably the worst CRO you could be at - Clinical Research Associate Medpace Employee Review

1.0
Oct 27, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Drinking events once a month, hire new grads

Cons

Very toxic upper management with high turnover rate. Managers do not care about your professional development or anything going on in your personal life, you are just a number to them that can easily be replaced. They swear by their PACE training program that does nothing but stress you out and does very little to prepare you for what you will actually experience in the real world. If you perform somewhat poorly on even one of the mock visits, forget even having a chance to explain yourself, you are out the door. This place is a revolving door simply because upper management gives no regard for their employees. They offer significantly lower than industry standard starting salaries and justify that by hiring new grads and using them as cheap labor. They claim you'll get a significant raise after a year but it takes much longer than that and you'll still be making less than what you would be making at another CRO. I advise any new grad to stay away from Medpace, but if you are absolutely desperate for a job, take it for training purposes but field offers from other CRO's while you are there. Now this post may get a response that says "we understand that the high standards to which we ask our employees to excel at are not for everyone" or "it is apparent Medpace is not the best fit for you" or some other HR bs but there is a reason there are so many negative posts about this company and that is because Medpace has no idea how to treat its people.

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Medpace Response
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While we disagree with much of your review you are correct on a couple of points -- we have very high standards and it is obvious that Medpace is not the best fit for you! We don’t shy away from the fact that the PACE program provides rigorous training and that we are expecting the best of the best. We realize that sometime people join and then find that this is not the program for them. It doesn’t happen often but when it does often that’s the best outcome for Medpace and the candidate. Those that complete the program and continue to advance here are rewarded with career advancement and commiserate compensation recognition including our highly valued CRA equity program. We appreciate the opportunity to provide new graduates with meaningful and challenging work as well as the opportunity to get to know their colleagues in social settings and on-campus events. We wish you the best of luck in your next endeavor.

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2.0
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Pros

Good work and life balance

Cons

Terrible upper management Terrible training program (made worse by the high turnover) Lack of support due to overworked middle management Low pay compared to industry Subpar health insurance offerings

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