Sr. CDA - Senior CDA Cytel Inc Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good Management. Every aspect is good but please see cons.

Cons

No work - thats why people have work life balance per se. No standards, people work as per their own rules. BEWARE of their interview team. Will highlight as if they have lot of projects and their will be so many opportunities, but in reality there are none. All other reviews are of old employees who have gotten paid huge amounts for being loyal to company with no to little skill sets compared to industry. Have been sloths throughout their life.

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Cytel Inc Response
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Your feedback is much appreciated. We acknowledge that the Clinical Data Management business at Cytel has traditionally been smaller than Biostatistics and Programming business. We sincerely regret it if your aspiration for variety or extent of CDM work was not met. With the new investment at Cytel we are now on a growth path. Please do keep in touch and when you see reassuring signs of CDM business growth at Cytel please consider referring worthy candidates to us.

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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

Few opportunities for FTE in data management

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Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Competitive compensation - Opportunity to work with a variety of pharmaceutical clients - Exposure to a wide spectrum of projects in real-world evidence (RWE)

Cons

- Toxic work culture prevalent across multiple RWE (RWAA) teams, where focus is often on internal politics, job security, and profit rather than collaboration and integrity - Teams frequently prioritize client appeasement over objective assessment and scientific rigor - Disproportionate emphasis/value on document formatting and presentation instead of the substance and quality of scientific work, making roles feel clerical rather than analytical - The RWE department, in particular, appears to have lost clear direction and purpose

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