Pros
-- Being part of the broader VML Health and WPP network gives you a glimpse of strong parent company culture and values—though, unfortunately, that culture isn’t meaningfully reflected within IMsci itself.
-- The scientific and medical team members are incredibly knowledgeable, collaborative, and a pleasure to work with.
-- Compensation is competitive, and overall benefits are solid. However, the medical insurance options are somewhat underwhelming—limited to two providers and three plans, none of which offer particularly robust coverage.
Cons
-- The C-suite leadership is virtually non-existent and makes no meaningful effort to connect with teams or understand individual accounts. They rely solely on filtered information from senior management, which often paints an incomplete or skewed picture of reality on the ground.
-- A number of senior leaders (though not all) demonstrate unprofessional behavior, lack strategic direction, and display a troubling absence of self-awareness. Their refusal to embrace collaboration, combined with outdated practices and condescending attitudes, has directly impacted team morale, client trust, and the overall health of the accounts. Since the merger, the organization has suffered from a clear lack of transparency, communication, and unified direction—affecting employees at every level, including junior staff.
-- Unfortunately, some incidents crossed professional boundaries entirely. While we all experience personal challenges, there should be a baseline understanding—especially from individuals with 20+ years in the industry—that sharing graphic post-surgery images (e.g., nudity during virtual meetings or directly messaging them to direct reports) is wildly inappropriate and unacceptable in any workplace setting.
-- The organization lacks stability and consistency. Many aspects of the job that were presented during the recruitment process proved to be misleading or outright false. For example, I was not informed until my first day of onboarding that I would be joining IMsci—not VML Health—despite the two having notably different cultures. Had that been disclosed earlier, I would not have accepted the offer.
-- While HR provided a warm and thorough onboarding experience, the support quickly disappeared. My manager had no plan for my first day, no welcome message, and offered no direction until I followed up myself—only to receive a vague response by the end of the day. From there, I was shuffled between four different accounts (with a fifth on the horizon), largely due to deteriorating client relationships or outright client departures. In some cases, clients specifically requested to no longer work with certain senior team members due to their unprofessional and condescending conduct—feedback I found myself agreeing with.
-- Within just a short span of time, I witnessed an alarming number of employees either leaving voluntarily or being let go—creating a revolving door environment that raised serious red flags and left me constantly questioning, "What did I sign up for?"