Great to develop basic consulting skills and move on - Senior Consultant Veeva Systems Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The product is stable and constantly improving. Solid market share and you get to work in an industry that helps people. You get the last week of the year off (Veeva Break) which is nice and it doesn't go against your vacation time. There are (still) many good people working at Veeva, but it varies between deparments and managers. You can get a solid foundation for consulting skills here, learn the product, and move on.

Cons

Extreme "sink or swim" environment. Product is constantly evolving (which is a good thing) with very little focus on internal readiness, making learning and keeping up with changes very difficult (which is a bad thing). There are no solid processes and every project feels like you are building the road while driving on it. There is absolutely no work/life balance and working more hours and harder is strongly encouraged and pretty much required if you don't want a bad review or want any kind of progression. Working 50-70 hours per week is pretty normal and frequent. Micromanagement has been relabeled as "transparency and accountability", but it is not fooling anyone. Pay is not competitive, especially for the amount of work and stress involved. Days off are now capped at 15 per year, it is enforced but it is not "official" so you don't get to transfer or get paid for any days not taken. "Work Anywhere" policy is slowly being chipped away with many new positions requiring residing close to the office, so it is only a matter of time when it will go away too. The only thing that is constant at Veeva is change and it often feels like it is done for the sake of making changes. You can tell that previous Veeva culture is eroding quickly, morale is low, and turnover has been high with a lot of talent leaving. At this point it is basically a project staffing mill with the main goal of throwing people wherever there is a need to keep billing without any consideration of long-term employee retention, skills, and professional development. Company values get recited at every single meeting, yet "do the right thing" doesn't resonate when it comes to treating and supporting employees in such high stress environment.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The role involves a lot of repetitive tasks. Depending on your personality, that either makes the job easier over time as you become more efficient, or it gradually becomes frustrating. The upside is that once you learn the role, it can serve as a strong stepping stone to move into other positions within the company.

Cons

It's a repetitive, call-center type role. Once you're in it, there isn't much room to grow within the department. Most people either stay and plateau or eventually move to another department before the repetition and workload lead to burnout.

3.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Large presence in the industry and good-hearted, intelligent, and well-meaning people work there. Stable company, not going to be purchased by private equity and endure large layoffs

Cons

part of their motto is "do the right thing" but that's not applied when it comes to salaries or work-life balance. working weekends and well past normal hours seems to be a regular thing that most people are doing. a manager's solution to my issue of having more work than was feasible to complete was just to work longer days. "Veeva Speed" is a sugarcoated phrase everyone uses to indicate being overworked and initial training is like drinking from a fire hose; this company makes enough money to hire the correct amount of people to do the work and pay them fairly.

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