Is Medidata Solutions a good company to work for?

Medidata Solutions has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,135 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months. 41% of employees would recommend working at Medidata Solutions to a friend and 33% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Medidata Solutions have been left by employees working as Implementation Consultant , Intern and Director .

Does Medidata Solutions pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Medidata Solutions employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Medidata Solutions. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Medidata Solutions?

41% of Medidata Solutions employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Medidata Solutions 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Medidata Solutions?

Project Manager (52) , Software Engineer (35) , Implementation Consultant (23) , Senior Software Engineer (21) , Senior Project Manager (20) , Director (16) , Applications Engineer (13) , Sales (13) , Solutions Consultant (12) , Intern (11) , Senior Applications Engineer (9) , Business Analyst (8) , Business Development Specialist (8) , Client Executive (8) , Engagement Director (8)

What are the pros of working at Medidata Solutions according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and talent." ((in 104 reviews)); "Companies' Vision and Benefits are good" ((in 71 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 59 reviews)); "PTO is unlimited and encouraged." ((in 48 reviews)); "Great teams to work with the collaboration is amazing." ((in 41 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Medidata Solutions according to real employee reviews?

"Turnover (as a result of bad management even before The Great Resignation)." ((in 40 reviews)); "Senior leadership especially in marketing tries to drive demand generation and presents results that are not factual." ((in 29 reviews)); "Too many managers." ((in 29 reviews)); "Middle management is almost entirely new as a result and a little lost." ((in 10 reviews)); "Overall communication is terrible which creates a disconnect between departments." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Medidata Solutions layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Medidata Solutions layoffs and their outlook for job security at Medidata Solutions in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Medidata Solutions locations?

New York , Iselin , Boston , San Francisco , Edison , Houston , Seattle , Newark , Raleigh , Remote , Philadelphia , Jersey City , San Diego , Conshohocken , Waltham , Charleston , Avenel , Elizabeth , New Brunswick , Orange , Woodbridge , Boise , Leesburg , Staten Island , Yonkers , Port Jervis , Bellevue , Oklahoma City , Charlotte , Cary

Medidata Solutions reviews

3.3

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,031 total reviews)

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 Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Nov 25, 2015

Past the newbie stage and still loving it

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I'm past the honeymoon stage and I still love working here. The work/life balance is great. The benefits are wonderful. . . unlimited PTO, anyone? Senior Management actually does what they say they are going to do and they even listen to the employees and make changes based on what they hear! I didn't even think that was possible in the modern age.

Cons

The pay is good, but could be more competitive for the industry. Innovation must stay as a top priority to keep and increase our share of the market.

4.0

Sep 30, 2015

SR PM

Senior project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Visionary Leadership, best in class products, well defined processes, lots of potential, beautiful office space in NYC. This is a great company but there are pitfalls and not everyone is nice, interested in your well-being or promoting deserving talent. You will need to push yourself forward if you want to move ahead.

Cons

No clear career path for many of the positions despite it being a goal of the company. Some very inexperienced managers who really need more training on how to manage individual contributors and mid-career employees. If you are a remote employee, you will need to consider carefully how to get yourself noticed.

Medidata Solutions Response

10y

Career pathing is something that we, like many organizations, are working to improve upon. Because we do not have set career paths, we like to view that as an opportunity for our employees to expand their horizons and try out new things. We encourage them to figure out what their interests are and help put them in touch with the right people at Medidata to get them where they want to go. We also have new Learning and Development programs and initiatives focused on developing new and current managers to improve their leadership skills. Most recently a new Career Development program was launched with over 300 employees in attendance to date.

3.0

Jul 29, 2015

Depends on the group your in

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I was recruited to Medidata from a competitor. Slight bump in pay, the big draw for me was the working from home ability. Has its good and bad like all companies. The Senior leadership, President and CEO feel inspiring, seem to really know what they want to do and can convince you you want to do it. Middle management is poor, a lot depends on the group you end up in. If I could have foreseen what was too come, I would not have left my last company.

Cons

Bait and switch. I was hired in at a Senior level position, but was dropped down a notch title wise. This is apparently a common practice there. Onboarding was not good, being remote, after the first 2 weeks, couldn't get a hold of my manager for 3 weeks by IM. Phone, email. Was not sure what to do, and was never available when I needed him/her. When they did get in touch, a lot of micro-managing Travel is more than advertised, I was clear how much or little I wanted to travel, and my travel ended up being double. Vacation policy, for salaried employees they have a 'unlimited PTO' policy. I asked several people at different times to see the written policy which was no where to be found. When I was leaving the company, this affected me as there was no vacation pay, even though I used very little PTO. Your reviewed by your manager, but their is no recourse if you disagree with the manager. You are expected to agree to your review, even though you may not. No recourse No plan for career advancement, when I asked what it would take to move to a different role, the only answer given was to learn more products. I tried for a couple different positions while I was there, and was given no help by my manager, and in one case was told they purposely gave some mis-information so I did not get the new opportunity

Medidata Solutions Response

10y

Thank you for your comments. We do pride ourselves on having great flexible work arrangements, and inspiring leaders! Onboarding is something that we are actually in the process of improving, so we appreciate the feedback about your new hire experience! We are re-vamping the entire process so the first impression our new hires have of Medidata is a great one. Being a remote employee is one of the many perks we have at Medidata, but we understand the experience will be a lot different than being in office. Our unlimited PTO policy is a perk that our employees are very happy about and we find that new hires love coming to a company that offers such a great benefit. The unlimited PTO policy can be easily found on our intranet, Medidata Express, along with all of our other policies. Mid-year reviews are a great time to sit down with your manager and discuss career path and growth in the company as we are always promoting from within and encourage our employees to explore their interests in different areas. As far as the position being releveled, this may have happened two years ago when we were striving for consistency across the company and did go through an internal position leveling calibration. Today's practice is very consistent, you know what level you are interviewing for and that doesn't change unless your actual position changes.

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