hey guys II see RG here this is actually the second time I'm recording this video
because for some reason why did the screen capture it didn't record but
whatever so basically I'm just gonna be doing a voiceover over what I was doing
before and we'll try and have a match up but this will end up probably being
shorter cuz I'm just gonna summarize everything that was discussed but so
basically guys this video is gonna be about med pace we're gonna be doing
Glassdoor reviews the first company is gonna be med pace and basically a lot of
people have issues with Glassdoor reviews or a lot of people the corporate
people the HR people or whatever because they claim that the first part of the
reviews like the all there's gonna be a lot of negative reviews and be a lot of
very positive reviews and because those are the people that tend to review more
and I basically think that is more or less a cop-out for them not wanting to
you know you look at the reviews and see what people say about them but it was a
company like med pace they've got 207 reviews 146 jobs for and 58 salaries
that's a lot of people that's a lot of data so obviously there's not gonna be
all crap there and you know if a lot of people are saying the same thing this is
a great time for companies to look at that data and see what needs to be
changed and see what doesn't need to be changed so I think that matters that's
important and they should definitely take that into consideration so a lot of
the reviews on here I couldn't exactly view because this says you have to write
a review so I pretty much once this starts I bring out my phone and you know
risk read them there and I just show you guys down there but basically what I'm
saying here is med pace is a CRO and you know for a lot
of people that may not know what a CRO is a CRO basically helps the sponsor
bring a drug through the phases of a clinical trial millions and millions of
dollars takes lots of years sometimes even billions of dollars really
expensive process but it's more efficient usually for the big sponsor
like a Pfizer to hire a CRO to me handle it so that's what this channel is about
and a lot of people might be new to this channel and you know this is the first
time we've ever done a Glassdoor review so I'm sure a lot of people use
Glassdoor for their salary figuring out salary information through hangout
interview information great website I use it all the time I wanted to start
with med pace because I have interviewed with them before and I have like at
their Glassdoor reviews all the time when I was interviewing and you know
just keeping up with stuff around the industry I tend to look at a glass door
a good amount so without further ado this thing may not be totally synched up
all right just fixed it so basically we're going through here and you know
you see something like not a great company to work for
teamwork makes the dream work so you see the positive and negative reviews so
we're just gonna go through here so basically you see a lot of positives you
see a lot of negatives so a lot of the pros are free lunch every day
complimentary on-site fitness center flexible schedule good work-life balance
in a positive atmosphere a lot of people mention the free lunch every day in the
fitness center which they liked a lot of people did talk about that work-life
balance which they liked as well so that's probably why it's on the
highlights and then one of the big cons was poor communication from upper
management Hieu that's a huge con people hated that
so this person here says terrible culture they literally said exactly what
I just said you know you know free lunch free parking was great some of the cons
they said were salaried employees most long time in the system if they leave
without putting it in eight and a half hour a day little room for advancement
terrible maternity leave staying six weeks at sixty percent of salary for six
weeks unpaid yikes but that's that's one of the great
things about having so many different companies to work for is you know you
can mix and match the benefits and you know we talk about all the time but on
this channel is when companies consolidate especially CIOs when those
consolidate is bad for the employees in the workforce we do not want that so let
me see this person not a great company to work for they basically said
management is terrible they not listen to employees and the communication is
never clear the training is an absolute joke then they gave some advice you know
listen to your employees and show some appreciation for them when employees
feel valued they will stay with the company and actively seek out ways to
improve the department from the people who actually perform the job every day
and you know that's one of the big things is when people get high up upper
level management they tend to forget what it's like for the people actually
doing the work at the bottom and they don't really take there then really take
their input into consideration they just want to save money save money save money
and one example is this of this is people that are on the phones a lot they
would want more privacy whether it's you know more rooms to make phone calls or
you know having higher walls at their desk so that they're not
you know talking face-to-face with you know their co-worker next door or coding
the co-worker across the way they want a little bit more privacy there and when
they're making their phone calls for business purposes
sorry that's my ESPN going off there this next person clinical research
associate said don't they don't pay well series at the bottom of the barrel on
the company ladder and that only seemed to be a common thread here with that the
CRA the med pace they are newer this is one of the companies the only companies
that has a CRA program where you can get hired out of college to become a CA with
them most companies have done away with that because it is very hard to sell to
a sponsor that a CRA is ready to take on their study and it's going to handle
their study in the protocol and know what they do without a couple years of
experience so this is one of the companies that does train you to be a
CRA without experience so they so they don't pay well I'm really worried I
wouldn't worry about that at all of your being a CRA out of college but they are
at the bottom so yeah let me see this this other person it was a CRA said if
you leave you end up paying for your PTO
yikes and they went on a host a little
soliloquy there let's go this person I said doesn't I recommend they said
vacation and sick time is generous however you are allowed to use your
entire allotment as of January 1 if you use time from attorney leave you will
owe if you leave before the end of the year cons they said the work environment
is poor if you are a hard worker you will be overloaded with work and
punished if you fail to deliver overtime is expected with minimal merit increases
are worthless bonuses coworkers use one another escape goats when things go
wrong the turnover is astronomical it is clear management doesn't care to
retain its employees there's no work/life balance so they do
not recommend it they've given one one star out of five
not that great Wow so yeah I mean that is something that other people mention
is the turnover then this person that said false pretences so a lot of the
pros they said talented smart workforce easy to make new friends nice equipment
new building then they wrote this big essay for cons and I'm gonna read it
real quick this company fails to evaluates
employees in particular the CRA group it only takes the bottom dollar line and
is visibly expressed to the compensation provided the treatment of its employees
and the policy changes for instance the compensation is well above the industry
standard but they will tell you during recruitment that if you're patient you
will reap the benefits of a higher salary and due time after training and I
meant the conversation is well below the industry standard for instance the
culture of the company is to instill fear and paranoia by micromanaging all
staff and threatening jobs over minor mistakes
submitting an incorrect expense report or you were seen on the phone those are
examples of mistakes for instance policy changes are
continually being made to benefit the company and not the employee you know
for example you're being required to take budget airlines increase the number
of visits per year to make bonus and they restructure your promotions and
they scrutinize every detail of your expense report
so in reflection of these policies the turnover rate continues to remain high
and management does nothing to make processes transparent so it's no secret
that when turnover rate is high that you end up spending more money so I don't
know why companies would continue to do that you do not want high turnover slows
down timelines etc
so let's see we're moving on here you got a CRA five stars so maybe this
is one of the things that people talk about with reviews is this person got
five we gave five stars but they've only got one or two lines here they got
flexible everyone is kind of helpful and then they have cons nocon and they
approve everything so maybe the people that give negative reviews offer a
little bit more to be desired in the review positive reviews tend to not have
as much written there and you know there's not much set here but med pace
actually responds to this review and I don't see them reviewing responding to a
lot of others so this person four stars same thing grow your career med pace
provides entry-level portunities and helps facilitate career growth can't
limited work from home opportunities you hired good quality individuals it is
time to trust them and empower them to make decisions on their own and bed pace
response to this one to this they respond at October third 2017 so it
looks like they're only responding to the good reviews which they really
should be responding to all reviews I mean look there's only 207 reviews they
should write a response to every single one that's a mistake
you know I respond to every single comment on this channel and I do that
and I'm sure the HR person is making a lot more money than I am from this
channel so they they have no reason not to respond to every single one
especially the bad reviews you you want to be able to smooth that out I mean
it's just customer service that's your job in HR this is customer service so I
gotta do better there
let's see what else they see you they say judge you on a mock exam score
without even seeing you monitor and this person was there more than a year so
they talk pros free gems soda salad for lunch
etc etc the cons are manager oversight low salary difficult and lack of access
to help during training so we see this over and over again manager oversight
low salary etc etc so I'm not gonna bore you with any more of these reviews they
all pretty much the same thing oversight oversight oversight and salaries are a
little too low but once again they have a there they have there's a lot of
demand for people to become CRA as entry-level
right out of college as soon as possible and they are one of the only companies
with that program so of course they're gonna be able to lowball you for a CRA
you know CRA ones typically make anywhere from sixty to seventy five
maybe eighty eighty is very high sixty to seventy five thousand dollars so of
course they're gonna only pay you fifty K maybe 40k 45 K in that range for a CRA
because they know you're not gonna go to CPS CRA anywhere else so was kind of
take it or leave it and that's that I mean just supply demand economics on
that one but you know people talk about the management issues he will talk about
the the training as an issue I've also read reviews on Glassdoor about how they
basically wait after you get enough experience as a CRA they they fire you
because they want to hire you with somebody cheaper but they not gonna give
raises - they're just gonna replace you with the new entry-level CRA so I've
heard of reviews like that also um so you've seen it you've seen the
reviews you get the gist of it you can go in there read the other ones they you
know med pace I mean I've had experience with them I've interviewed with them a
couple times just the preliminary interview you know I applying for that
entry-level CRA position that they have right out of college and you know they
were nice and everything but I've heard that they do fire people from that
program for making small mistakes I mean you're brand new to Clinical Research
how are they're gonna expect you not to make mistakes
well they do fire you from from programs from the program I've heard so it can't
be cut through it over there but you know there's mixed reviews some people
like it a lot of people like it a lot of people don't like it so I mean they have
the review is what it is two point four out of five over over hundreds of
reviews so I mean it is what it is and clearly they're reading the reviews
because they respond to some of them so they know what their criticisms are
we'll see if they adapt to that or change that in 2018 and 2019 and 2020
and beyond so we'll see they have been growing
they've wanted to make a presence felt all over the USA and you know wish them
much success in doing so so this is really the first time we've done this
hope you guys enjoyed it want to have more of these glass two reviews for sure
we'll do some of the other CEOs quintile I mean IQ via will do cine oz will do
Park so we'll do PPD you know the big ones maybe even Chiltern if you guys
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