IMS Health Reviews

Pros

good learning opportuniy with exceptionally experienced people. interesting projects

Cons

easy to burn out...multiple projects, long hours and average pay

Advice to Senior Management

hire more people or quit selling work

Pros

Great culture, great room for growth

Cons

global reach can create too much distance for growth

Advice to Senior Management

wonderful

Pros

1. IMS have best sales data in health market
2. It's a good platform for people who expects to go to a pharmaceutical company

Cons

1. Salary and benefit is very disappointing
2. Hard to promotion

Advice to Senior Management

The company should have a clear promotion plan.

Pros

Good benefits, good pay, very smart people everywhere. Providing intelligence to an important business sector (healthcare) can create some unique opportunities.

Cons

Big company politics get in the way of progress. New management team is smart, but appears arrogant and has created a turbulent and unsettled atmosphere. The core market is shrinking, and expanding into other sectors has been challenging for the company to-date..

Advice to Senior Management

Provide a sense of purpose beyond profit, and create an environment where people aren't afraid to take chances.

Pros

Above average compensation; market leader

Cons

Current leadership does not value the employee base.

Pros

Professional work place and employee friendly

Cons

Not an open window with repsect to management

Advice to Senior Management

not appliacble

Pros

good people to work with.

Cons

hard hours. lately all the fun is being taken out of the job. promotion process is a bit gray - comes down to personal feelings more than your hard work. seniors are not engaged enough with the work. too many projects for too little people. nobody stays at the firm for more than 1-2 years

Advice to Senior Management

IMSCG's only positive was being a flat, flexible and enjoyable work environment. you are killing it day by day. also, resource managers should be reviewed in a more holistic way for their performance. their role should also encompass being cognizant of junior staff's career needs - that is if you care to retain people of course. So far, it doesn't look like the company cares for anything but financial targets.

Pros

The benefits package at IMS Health is unparalleled, they even offer a fixed-benefit pension. They also seem to promote rapidly, which is a pro if that's you.

Cons

They promote rapidly and only from within. Ability to manage effectively is thin among management as most employees have little to no prior work experience and are put in management roles that they are frequently unable to handle. Success in the company is at the whim of mid-level managers.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide training to employees promoted into management roles. Focus less on constant "pat on the back" programs for employee recognition.

Pros

Ok compensation, wonderful people to work with, excelent relations with to meet companies like Novartis, Merck, Bayer, and Pfizer. A lot of analytical knowledge.

Cons

There has been a hiring freeze for some years that disable your ability to be competitive. The company so unprofitable that cost cutting has almost disable out ability to continue working

Pros

Great place to learn about the pharma industry, and the market research data available.

Cons

Not lots of room to grow, very few managers. Salaries, not consistent with the pharma industry.

Advice to Senior Management

Look for more opportunities to recognize and reward employees.