Pros
The weekly snack budget is $1000+. They spend $10,000 on Amazon every month. Somehow there are never any coffee cups or spoons.
Cons
I don't know a single person that is happy working here and is not counting down the days until they can leave. They try to lure you in with the high salary but it is not worth it. - How many people of color work here? - The job is not as advertised. You basically work in a call center for 3 months and have to hit a weekly quota before you join a study. You couldn't hit your quota during the week? Bring your laptop home and make calls on the weekend. - Lack of oversight and care until things go wrong and then they blame you for everything even though they provide no guidance or training. - The supposed "HR" person has crossed so many boundaries with staff and makes inappropriate comments constantly. I have never felt comfortable being alone in a room with this man. And he is the person you are supposed to go to for HR? Do not tell him anything, ever. He will take anything you say and twist it to benefit the company. - There used to be unlimited time off but now you only get 5 holidays off and at least one member of your study team is expected to be in the office every day, even when there is nothing going on in the office. Even on Christmas Eve. The reason for this? "The company is growing and we have to start acting like a real company." - People at the bottom of the totem pole are overworked while people at the top get the luxury of "working from home." They also force you to come into the office at 8AM to be a receptionist to answer the phones and direct people to the correct offices even when there are no visits scheduled before 10:30AM. People are often at the office until 6 or 7 or 8PM. - No one is receptive to feedback at all. They tell you that you will have regular meetings with higher ups and everything you say goes in one ear and out the other. You have an idea to make things go smoother? Tough luck, no one cares. - No one tells you what is going on. There is no communication. Everything is one big game of telephone. - There is no mentorship or growth and it is not (some of) the doctor's fault. They have no time to mentor you because there are 2 doctors doing the job of 4-5. You will never get published because you will have no time to work on research because you are already working 10+ hours every day filling the CEO's wallet. - CEO seems to think that the company is overstaffed, so they refuse to hire any additional staff which means subjects often wait hours to see a doctor because doctors are stretched thin and expected to conduct 4+ overlapping visits at once. You will never have time to eat lunch. - Everything is about money. If a subject wants to quit a study, they are repeatedly harassed by the CEO's dad or CEO's wife to try to convince them to stay. Why? $$$$$$$$$$$ - Pointless weekly Zoom meetings that staff are expected to be in the office for. In our separate offices on our computers listening to the same people ramble on about the same stuff week after week. I think the CEO just likes to hear himself talk. - Nepotism - the CEO's dad, wife, and cousins all work for the company. - Favoritism - if you're not a favorite of the CEO, CEO's dad, CEO's wife, or CEO's cousin, start looking for a new job.