Does Cato Research pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cato Research employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cato Research. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cato Research?

79% of Cato Research employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cato Research 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cato Research?

Project Coordinator (4) , Director (2) , Project Manager (2)

What are the cons of working at Cato Research according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was horrible!" ((in 3 reviews))

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3.3

79% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

Allen Cato

100% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Culture and values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

2.6

Compensation and benefits

Cato Research has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cato Research employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

24 reviews

4.0

16 Jan 2014

Very friendly and positive work environment.

Project coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Team-oriented. Friendly and intelligent peolple to work with. Flexible hours and schedule sto accomodate a good work/life balance.

Cons

The biggest negative to Cato Research is their extremely low pay for this market. They attempt to offset this by allowing for quicker advancement and more broad opportunities; however, the pay gap is way too large to compensate for these incentives.

2.0

30 May 2014

It was ok....

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

When I worked at Cato, it was my first professional job. Everyone had their own office and the schedule was flexible.

Cons

The pay was horrible! At one point they even cut our salaries and asked people to work less hours. Promotions were only given to the "favorites". My department in particular was small and it was hard to get along with a certain someone who had basically been there since the beginning and always got their way. There weren't any bonuses and the training could use an overhaul.

3.0

31 May 2013

Cato Research provided the training that I needed to jumpstart my career in the CRO industry

Project coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

I really enjoyed working with great team members. CATO allowed you to have flexible work schedule which enabled you to be able to work from home when necessary. I really enjoyed the culture of the company, we had monthly staff meetings, and occasional pot luck dinners. It was nice not to work in a cube farm since the company was small enough to where everyone knew your name. I valued the excellent training CATO provided me, and I believe it helped me immensely when joining the CRO industry.

Cons

Their compensation is lacking. Due to the small culture of the company, they just can not pay you as competitively to the other neighboring CROs. I also found a lack of career advancement, as work was steady, but CATO was not also seeing the big name pharmaceutical companies coming through the door to partner with them in their clinical trials.

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