Fasting growing company but upper management is taking all the credit while employees are not rewarded - Senior Bio Statistician Cytel Inc Employee Review

3.0
27 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Most people I deal with are very kind. This includes clients, manager, and colleagues. Benefits are quite good. Company is growing rapidly. Wide range of clientele.

Cons

There is no doubt the company is growing. The upper management is very ready to celebrate that at every single opportunity (actually very exhausting to be reminded repeatedly). Bonus structure doesn't make sense. The company grew immensely, made lots of financial gains and our team almost scored top marks in performance by the client, however our average merit increase and bonus were very low compared to industry standards. Perhaps, the managers got much higher bonuses? Meanwhile, they are always hiring aggressively. HR/management often reach out to colleagues and ask for referrals. I'm not too enthusiastic about these inquiries because they never reach out for anything else, and they are not that helpful when you need them. When they do successfully hire, the incoming employee probably makes much more money than someone who has been there for years due to this dysfunctional merit system. Without a transparent merit system in place, every new hire is an encouragement for the little guy to leave and pursue better.

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5.0
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Pros

Supportive and invested leadership team

Cons

Few opportunities for FTE in data management

3.0
22 Jan 2026
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Pros

Highly niche area; very interesting products and services

Cons

At the time, executive leadership was highly controlling and had shifted from the product-led, innovation strategy that the company was founded on to a sales-led strategy that had significant impacts to the internal culture. Good to see that leadership has changed - hopefully for the better.

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