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Meridian Bioscience

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Meridian Bioscience reviews

3.1

55% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)

Andy Kitzmiller

59% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Meridian Bioscience has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meridian Bioscience employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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119 reviews
1.0
Aug 18, 2013

Disappointed

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great products, great customer call points, great coworkers.

Cons

Management is management by intimidation. They do not trust the sales force and view sales as the enemy. They have knee jerk reactions to issues. Turnover rate is astronomical. Everything I was told at the interview process was a lie. No money, huge territories so overnights all the time, unrealistic call metrics. Don't plan on having a personal life.

1.0
Aug 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Slightly better than being unemployed. Field sales team consists of either unemployed sales professionals, recent college grads looking to break into sales or people who have been lied to.

Cons

If you thrive in a micromanagement environment, then MBI is the company to work for! Ride alongs with management, product managers and any warm body that can be found in the home office, every 4-5 weeks consistently. Regional Management has little to no experience leading and directing a sales team. Delusional expectations for sales call metrics, annual goals, and the push to sell and promote a sub par target product. Salaries and overall compensation are NOT in line with the industry standards for molecular diagnostics Reps. Meridian Bio has turned over roughly 2 sales forces in the past year due to their "New Culture" mentality. Average life of a Rep. is 6-9 months. Lack of respect towards sales force due to incompetency and ignorance. Watch for red flags and being set up for failure. 90% or over the plan goal may buy you groceries at the end of the week. This is an entry level position!!

1.0
Jul 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Meridian has excellent products. The other field sales reps are very supportive and willing to help brainstorm a troublesome account. Inside Sales Reps extremely helpful. You can rack up some frequent flier and hotel rewards points Can be an opportunity to get into medical sales Once you realize these reviews aren't exaggerating and begin job searching/interviewing, prospective employers have likely already interviewed other meridian sales reps and know why you're looking to move on

Cons

The pay is you receive does not coincide with how much you work (80%+ travel, office days strongly discouraged, 20 accounts/wk and 50 contacts/wk minimum, calls from RM evenings and weekends) You quickly realize that you can't trust anyone in the home office. The management will deny on Tuesday what they guaranteed on Monday. With the exception of 1 (maybe 2) region(s), your RM will micromanage you. If you're really lucky your RM will call your accounts to see if you actually visited them. You'll hear a lot about how the home office wants you to let them know of any major issues, concerns or areas you see that need to be improved. Don't do it. You'll be accused of not being a team player and not being "Meridian Strong".

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