Medifast Reviews

Pros

An allowance of $200 of free medifast food is given to each employee per month.
Corporate building and manufacturing plant employees receive free access to owings mills gym within walking distance of the buildings.
Employees take ownership of challenges and problems

Cons

Very fast paced. A lost of changes are ongoing and you have to stay on your feet as they occur.

Pros

The benefits that are offered are good.

Cons

Center employees are treated very poorly.
Center employees are expected to work very long hours including holidays.
No one in the company ever seems to know what is going on because policies are always changing.
They say they like to promote within but I have never seen this happen.

Advice to Senior Management

Start caring about your center employees and listen to them.

Pros

Pretty relaxed work environment. Some employees are really great and fun to work with.

Cons

Everything: The pay, the "commission" (which pretty much doesn't exist), the corporate office is absolutely HORRIBLE. They are completely unprofessional.

Advice to Senior Management

You're a large company with a small company mentality. Hire more staff and treat your employees better. Ridiculous.

Pros

The company is growing very fast and in some areas there is growth potential.

Cons

The middle management is conused by some of the growth and change. Positions are open and need to be filled with quality candidates, however the current structure does not allow for those who challenge the "Good Ole Boys" way of doing things.

Advice to Senior Management

Look into the lower level workers and how happy they are. Challenge mid-level managers to improve the workforce morale. Offer incentives to employees and a better benefot package.

Pros

1. Value your Talents- I feel that I am valued as an individual and that I am truly appreciated for what I offer the company.
2. Offer Health & Wellness Benefits- They provide excellent health insurance as well as many other uniquie health incentives like free gym membership, free medifast food and an employee assistance program.
3. Growth- A lot of opportunity to grow with the company and we are growing really fast! A lot of exciting and new challenges everyday.
4. A fun and relaxed environment where everyone is really appreciative and respectful of each other.
5. Community outreach and involvment in local Charities

Cons

I can't speak for others but I really have nothing negative to say. My team is amazing so I have had a really positive experience since day 1. Every company has its challenges and frustrations but it is the people that make it great. I love the people I work with and I love that I can stand behind what Medifast is doing.

Pros

flexibility and level of knowledge

Cons

pay and timelyness decision making

Advice to Senior Management

good

Pros

- there are good people that work here that truly believe that they're helping america become healthier
- there are competent people that care about how they perform their jobs
- there are certain departments in the company that run like well-oiled machines

Cons

- there's a lack of employee morale and motivation
- upper management makes decisions that aren't necessarily logical. perhaps the decisions are logical to them but they don't do a good job of explaining their decision making process to their subordinates
- lower compensation compared to other companies
- inter-division communication is below average
- there's a lack of intelligence amongst people given key positions in the company which leads to bad decision making
- medifast still functions with a small company mentality

Advice to Senior Management

- pay more to get quality people. put more effort into hiring quality people.
- focus on the growth of employees
- work on improving employee morale

Pros

You can gain lots of experience.

Cons

Long hours, demanding bosses, low salary, promises of "opportunity"

Advice to Senior Management

None.