IPS - Anonymous employee Interactive Pharma Solutions Employee Review

Because there are no staff hired with the level of knowledge needed you learn/gain a lot of experience quickly If the MD likes you, you can get better opportunities/put on different work (is a con if you are not one of her favorites) Small company so you get to know everyone employed quickly

Promises of pay rises /promotions that never happen (particularly if hiring someone new) You are expected to work overtime with no remuneration, would be fine if every now and again, but it is expected constantly The MD has no idea what work is done on most accounts, which is very apparent in interviews or when talking with clients. This means wahen it comes to the training the MD has no idea of any of the day-to-day knowledge needed You ask for support and it is not given, when something goes wrong it is your fault and you are asked why you did not ask for help. This was one of the biggest cons as the MD does not provide the support needed (most probably due to lack of knowledge) or hire people in this position to help, and then turns it on the employees as their fault Unfair pay, staff at the same level get variations of pay. New staff with less experience (e.g. straight out of university) end up getting paid more than those that have been there for longer which is not fair There are not equal opportunities between staff, favoritism, and not competency plays a role. This can often be at a detriment with less experienced staff leading on projects they should not No senior management at a high enough level to challenge MD treatment of staff

You can quickly obtain a lot of different experience and can get promotion if you work hard.

There is no structure in the company. The business development team does not communicate with the delivery team and the former ends up selling unrealistic projects with impossible timelines and the latter is trying to save the day with the little and unreliable resources they have. Therefore, overtime will quickly ruin your personal life, and burn-out comes really quickly even to new employees. Senior Leadership makes a lot of empty promises on the spot for the clients and for employees as well just to avoid confrontation or to silent unsatisfied and unhappy employees.