Hard work in a negative environment - Jda Tempus AI Employee Review

1.0
5 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Company with potential to have a huge impact on cancer treatment -Decent health/vision/dental benefits -Nice work space stocked with endless snacks

Cons

As others have noted, management of the JDA's is a significant flaw within the company. There are a few exceptions of great leadership, but the majority of them have no knowledge of how to manage others and just use their authority at any unnecessary given opportunity. They talk condescending, act unprofessional, and take advantage of their employees. Leadership expects you to work through your lunch everyday, stay late on weeknights, and work through the weekends to meet their unrealistic goal on a regular basis. Despite being told that this is a flexible 9-5 job in the interview, you become constantly told that this is not a 9-5 jobs. To succeed in the JDA role, you will need to be committed to having zero work-life balance while receiving a very mediocre salary. The people who will do that will be blatantly favored over the others. They do not make efforts to help people succeed or improve their skills. Instead they assign unrealistic goals and make you feel as if your job will be threatened if the goal is not met. They do not take into account the fact that there are constant roadblocks that are out of the hands of the JDA's and waiting on action from the operations team or being escalated to another department. They are always sure to make it known that each individual's production is being watched closely, and if we didn't reach our goal we would be spoken to and need to give explanations. They use such tactics to get employees to work more, but they fail to see the environment of worry, stress, and overall unhappiness that they are creating in doing so. There are some really smart and talented people within the company, and HR is really great and seems to be becoming aware of the issues within the JDA department. Hopefully there will be some changes made so that the JDA's can work in a more positive environment since they are such a crucial piece of what Tempus is trying to do.

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5.0
4 July 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Good place to work at, very impactful work.

Cons

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2.0
12 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As mentioned work is great since it is cancer research and my coworkers are amazing. Immediate leadership managers and Sr. managers are good as well but somewhat unorganised. Work life balance is good also and health insurance as long as you get BCBS PPO with copay otherwise you're screwed paying off deductible.

Cons

Pay is below industry average, and there is essentially no room to negotiate a better raise. Employees are actively discouraged from discussing compensation, and whatever leadership decides is final, there are no exceptions. If you try to escalate concerns or request a conversation with senior leadership, such as a senior director or VP, you’ll quickly find yourself getting the runaround. Leadership prefers to hide behind layers of management rather than engage directly. There is also no clear or transparent path for career advancement. Opportunities technically exist, but they are extremely limited. You can do everything right, receive a top rating of 5 on your annual performance review, and still not be promoted to manager or see any meaningful improvement in compensation. To make matters worse, the billionaire CEO and founder has said things like, “Don’t worry about pay because we’re curing cancer.” Statements like that feel incredibly out of touch when employees are earning $50k–$60k a year and receiving annual raises of only about $2,000. On top of that, equity is almost impossible to obtain. You have to fight for even the possibility of it, because stock or equity compensation is reserved almost exclusively for the C-suite and directors, with virtually nothing available for employees below that level.

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