IMS Health Reviews

Current Employee – been working at IMS Health full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1) Lot of processes are changing . Overall Mindset of Senior Management is changing, due to which new initiatives are being implemented .
2) Overall Opportunity circle is increasing for employees.

Cons – The company is going through tremendous internal change & if someone is not comfortable with that then definitely the appropriate place for him.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at IMS Health full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great Learning
Good Culture
Access to lot of information related to your work

Cons – No cons, it was great all through

Current Employee – been working at IMS Health full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good learning, Compensation and Benefits, Employee friendly

Cons – No able to find out any cons

Current Employee – been working at IMS Health full-time for more than a year

Pros – Variety of work, Interaction directly with the clients and more responsibility. One gets to do end to end project.

Cons – I don't think there is any.

Advice to Senior Management – Doing a good job. Don't think there is any advice.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IMS Health full-time for more than a year

Pros – Employee friendly company, Career growth opportunities, Helpful senior management, Friendly and helpful colleagues, delightful work ambiance, Supportive training

Cons – Recruitment bias, recruitment should be more open to life science/pharma people

Advice to Senior Management – As IMS health caters the needs of many pharmaceutical giants recruitment should favour lifescience/pharma students. People with experience in the field of concern should be given preference.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at IMS Health full-time for more than a year

Pros – Globally standardized benefits plan
Senior Management committed to ethics
Competitive salary

Cons – Support functions like HR, IT have a laid-back attitude
Turnover at Senior Management levels
Inability to scout for good talent

Advice to Senior Management – Bureaucracies in all the support functions need to be taken seriously. Almost all the employees in these functions are complacent and blatantly disregarding of their responsibilities.
Also, focus needs to be placed on employee retention by giving better salary according to the best competition. New talent scouting needs to be concentrated upon.
The market opportunities are so strong that revenues & bottom-line will take care of itself; but only if great talent is attracted and retained & the bureaucracies are straightened out.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at IMS Health full-time for more than a year

Pros – - Great work life balance in my group (Advanced Analytics) but I hear this varies by group. Very flexibly with working from home. They just care that you get your work done on time and do it well.
- A lot of independence
- Compensation is pretty good especially since the hours are very reasonable.

Cons – - Constant reorganization with no clear benefit/goals. I am on my fourth boss in about 1.5 years.
- Poor sr. management communication. We are kept in the dark about how well different segments are doing.
- No career growth in Advanced Analytics for most people. People do get promoted with small salary bumps now and then, but their work/responsibilities does not really change. It gets boring very quickly.
- Location (very high traffic area no matter where you are commuting from, and nothing around the office but more office parks)
- Trying to organize the company like an assembly line. They separate analytics from actual consulting - one person does the sales/BD, another does the actual analytics, and the consulting team puts together a slide deck and presents the results. It is very inefficient. By the time you hand over work to the next phase in delivery, you might as well have done the whole project yourself.
- Very strong emphasis on trying to standardize and outsource what they can to China.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop reorganizing every quarter. Provide a career path for people who do want to advance. Share more information on company performance.
You can not outsource projects that require individual client attention and constant communication.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IMS Health full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Build contacts with people in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Get a handle how and what sales and marketing data is consumed by the Pharmaceutical industry

Cons – Is now more like a sweatshop since it has been taken over by venture capitalists. Used to be a great and friendly company to work for. That has all changed since 2000. Management once fired a person on the same day this person was received a super red letter day reward. Figure that one out. IMS has been known for a shambolic ally managed (dis organised) company.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at your morals

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at IMS Health full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work life balance
Highly talented employees

Cons – Management is required to be more motivated and be replaced by new faces

Advice to Senior Management – Be more creative and hardworking

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at IMS Health full-time for more than a year

Pros – Diversified Projects.
Great Knowledge Database.
Friendly environment.

Cons – Too many hours of work.
Few international opportunities.
Small Department.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company