Medisca Employee Reviews

A typical day at workThey dont pay wellManagement poorLack of growthNo Hybrid policyWould not recommend anyone to stay more than a year. Experience for 1 year is good

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Good for long term career

Software Developer (Current Employee) - Montréal, QC - 19 November 2023

Good company to have stable and long term career. Good work culture and french is not a mandatory requirement in IT. Hybrid work. top of the line health benefits.

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fun work place

QC Inspector (Current Employee) - Monrepos, QC - 14 April 2023

good for starting a job a typical day at work 7:30 to 4:00a typical day at worklearned team workmanagement is okworkplace culture is good

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Great Work Environment!

Employee (Current Employee) - Montreal, QC - 9 June 2022

*Friendly and fun type environment*Hybrid work from home/office 50%*Great onboarding and training*Team spirited and employee focused!*Great coffee!!!!

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great work environment, friendly team

Sales (Current Employee) - Canada - 23 April 2022

good place to get your foot into the Pharma industry. fun and friendly team, no micro managing, good job security as long as you do what's expected of you.

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I owe a lot to Medisca

Business Development (Former Employee) - Saint-Laurent, QC - 24 August 2020

I learned a lot from Medisca and owe a lot to Medisca having worked here straight out of University. I advanced significantly throughout the course of 4 years from sales representative to national sales manager and business development manager. There is a huge market for this constantly growing business despite what others say here on this site. I was always treated fairly by upper management. Basically, if you put in the hard work, no matter at what level you were, you got noticed and rewarded, it was that simple. (They do not (and should not) reward raises to non-contributors or slackers. Only those who contribute to the company's overall advancement/prosperity should be rewarded in my opinion.) Their compounding training courses were also very innovative when compared to the competition and this company grew to one of the top 3 major providers in the industry.

Pros

Innovators in providing education and products for the compounding industry. Friendly staff, fun environment, great place to learn sales, negotiation techniques, presentation skills and business development

Cons

sometimes stressful to reach sales quotas but this is normal in every sales environment

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Great learning of a niche Market& dont stay long at Medisca

Sales (Current Employee) - Montréal, QC - 3 May 2020

Medisca is good first job to learn about the pharma industry and put your first step into this market. Management is disengaged from reality, no communication from top management to their teams.

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Good Working Environment

Administrative Assistant/ Junior Data Analyst Intern (Former Employee) - Montréal, QC - 20 January 2020

Overall good working environment and great management. But this entirely depends which department you end up working with. I got the chance to work with LP3 and Medisca Networks. Besides this not alot of employee activities there.

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Horrible environment

Regulatory Affairs Intern (Former Employee) - Saint-Laurent, QC - 14 November 2019

Everyone was miserable. High turnover for employees. Stuck in a cubicle all day and most rooms didn't have windows. Lunch felt like high school, every department had it's "cliques".

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Friendly but Stressed

Client Care Specialist / Interim Admin Coordinator (Former Employee) - St Laurent, QC - 30 October 2019

They don't hire people quick enough. High turnover. Generous with vacation, and room for advancement. Very busy most of the time with not enough hours in the workday to get everything done. People who can handle the pace will be pushed. Teammates are very helpful and accommodating. Bad area for rush hour traffic.

Pros

Friendly people, vacation

Cons

No overtime, unreachable deadlines or quotas, average pay

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Data Entry Clerk (Former Employee) - Montréal, QC - 28 August 2019

They care about the employees. It is a nice place to work, the employees are friendly. Nice environment. They provide parking spaces for all employees.

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good

Quality control Inspector (Former Employee) - Montréal, QC - 1 July 2019

Great people to work with, flexibility, nice atmosphere, wonderful supervisors.Worked there for 11 Months. -- Amazing People -- Top Management listens to you -- Friendly Atmosphere

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On the first friday of every month, birhtdays are celebrated for that month.

Production Coordinator (Current Employee) - Montréal, QC - 14 January 2019

The most enjoyable part of my job is working with my co-workers. There are many employees from different parts of the world it's fun learning about new cultures. A typical day at work is filing, printing labels, creating packaging masters etc.

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Where's the Option for Zero Stars...?

Internal Sales Representative (Former Employee) - Montréal, QC - 15 November 2018

Wow! What a disappointing disaster of an experience this was. Working at Medisca, you quickly come face to face with the unpleasant aspects of the corporate world. I expected this to a certain degree but Medisca possesses an almost comical level of bureaucratic and systemic nonsense. As a result, the employees are exhausted, depressed, and unmotivated. Management style is best described as chaotic and mercurial. Nothing is done with any semblance of efficiency, but most employees are either too apathetic to care or too new to make any decisions. You end up with this ad infinitum "blind leading the burnt out" chain of command which further spirals into complete confusion. There are some fantastic talented and smart individuals working there, but there's no hiding their mounting frustration. Infrastructure itself is sad-beige and prison-esque. There is an all-encompassing sense of tension and mistrust stemming from the egregious installation of cameras and computer monitoring software. You will be provided with the bare minimum necessary to do your job. Company policies seem arbitrary and are counterproductive and constricting. I thought this type of company only existed in the movies. I therefore cannot recommend this employment experience to anybody, for any reason, at any time.

Pros

Bearing witness to the vast and intoxicating landscape of Ville St Laurent on a daily basis, also some of the people are great.

Cons

Long hours, poor benefits, incompetence, no perks, no employee appreciation, mind-numbing levels of inefficiency, no way to move out of current position, poor pay, toxic environment, generally not great

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Never stay more than a year

Account Executive (Current Employee) - Montréal, QC - 31 October 2018

If you are looking for a job fast, go for Medisca. If you are looking to establish your career or you are : ambitious career driven have a sense of drive Avoid because you will become one of them. No work culture at all, I wouldnt even consider it bad but it doesnt exist. They make you pay for coffee and they are proud to stay that it is for under 1$. Everyone in the company right now is looking to apply elsewhere.

Pros

Cant find one

Cons

Cheap, you will pay for everything here, if not money it would be with your ambition

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Great company- huge potential

Employee (Current Employee) - Montréal, QC - 31 October 2018

The company is growing fast across the world. Of course there will be a few speed bumps but overall it is a place where you can learn so much. If you are looking at just doing the minimum or sticking to the same old routine day after day, this place is not for you!

Pros

So much to learn in the pharma world

Cons

A few departments have bad attitudes

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great place to learn

job (Current Employee) - Montréal, QC - 28 October 2018

worked here for over 2 years, great place to begin my career and get a good understanding of the industry. Really interesting and niche industry and you will learn a lot about it working here. Great company activities as well such as monthly birthday cakes.

Pros

the people 100%, training, opportunity to learn a lot, free parking

Cons

hours can be long, no option to work from home

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Greed, Terrible and underpaid

Sales (Former Employee) - Montréal, QC - 16 October 2018

The worst experience ever. The most greediest president I have ever encountered. Absolutely no appreciation what so ever, not even a nod. No growth what so ever. Employees quit weekly and sometimes in groups Lolol wow! I can’t bekieve it. Run as far as you can from Medisca

Pros

Work with amazing people

Cons

Underpaid and treated like scum

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Good company for hard workers that don't mind settling

Account Executive (Current Employee) - Saint-Laurent, QC - 19 July 2018

Great company for entry-level talent looking to gain experience. Company is "behind the times" in several ways. You'll have the best coworkers but little to no movement/promotion/opportunity. High turnover.

Pros

great co-workers, hands-on experience in the industry

Cons

short unpaid lunches, long-hours, unrealistic quotas in a dwindeling industry

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Not recommended - Stay away!

Ex Employee (Former Employee) - Saint-Laurent, QC - 9 July 2017

They pay little and treat you badly. Upper management screams and belittles employees. It's a trainwreck in progress... It's in St-Laurent, so a lot of people drive pretty far to get there.

Pros

Having a job?

Cons

Everything.

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Bad Experience

Customer Service Rep (Former Employee) - Montreal - 26 August 2014

Overall a terrible company to work for. There is no room for advancement, even if they promise you there is. Very high turnover rate. Uneducated, narrow minded upper management. Salary is terrible, raises next to none, bonuses? you're dreaming.