Medifast reviews

3.7

75% would recommend to a friend

(388 total reviews)
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Nicholas Johnson

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54% positive business outlook

Medifast has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 388 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Medifast employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.4 stars).

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388 reviews
1.0
Apr 15, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Working with the great clients and helping them achieve their weight loss success

Cons

From lowest management up to the CEO, all bullies. Only care about the bottom line. Only advertise on Craigslist specifically to target young college graduates to take advantage of their limited career experience. They do not hire people with families or lives. ZERO flexibility with time-off, split-shifts during the week and work every weekend. Morale is awful and attrition rate is HIGH. Average employee lasts 6 months from burn-out and terrible management treatment. Must clock-out for lunch and breaks but highly discouraged to take the time. Have to check-in w/management to use bathroom, and only management schedules lunch time and breaks. Management ridicule clients behind their backs. Zero respect for clients or employees.

1.0
Apr 13, 2013

It couldn't be more ridiculous!

Recommend
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Pros

The relationships with the members are very rewarding.

Cons

The company has grown too quickly. As a result, there is no money for advertising or marketing and you are expected to do it on your own. The corporate office is incompetent and tries to keep afloat by always changing the rules. Prices, guidelines, procedures, and daily practices change without notice or logic. The training is terrible and does not prepare you for when you are actually on the job. There is no quality of life as everyone is expected to be at the workplace every open day and hour from open to close. This company is a confused, uncaring, money-driven nightmare.

1.0
Apr 5, 2013

Do not even apply to work at Medifast

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A free gym is the only pro and I would spend as much time as I could there to work off all the frustration of working for Medifast.

Cons

Where to start... Exec management is terrible and all part of the same family. If you are not family or a friend of the family you will never make it anywhere at this company. Your job is never safe and you could be laid off at any second. You have to follow whatever crazy policy the family decides to put in the handbook that day. There is no constituency with anything. They will work you to death and you will never even receive a thank you. The benefits and 401K are terrible because the family that runs Medifast does not care about their employees. The family only cares about putting money in their pocket.

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