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International Medication Systems Reviews

2.8

34% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)

Jack Zhang

28% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

International Medication Systems has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The International Medication Systems employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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67 reviews
2.0
7 July 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Only one: low/no bar of entry. All you need is a bacherlor's you'll never use. On the one hand, this is good for newcomers or newly-grads to enter the industry and gain some very transferable (and you'll want to transfer at some point, see below) experience. On the other, it is bad because new hires consistently know very little and must be trained, slowing your capabilities while the pace of work marches ever faster.

Cons

Here, you will be treated with the bare minimum and expected to constantly perform above maximum. You will be paid 1/2 to 2/3 of industry average, such that management can schedule you for constant, mandatory overtime and only then pay you close to the average. You will be required to be "on-call" and to clear up your schedule without compensation. You will be pressured to stay for an extra 4 hours, twiddling your thumbs idly, needlessly waiting for management to sign documents they could've signed during your normal shift. You will be ordered to ignore mistakes and to overlook regulatory inadequacies. This is a place that will exploit you with unrealistic deadlines and constant management hostility. This is a place that was not long ago class-actioned for wage theft and lost. This is a place without integrity in quality, which will encourage or force you to smudge truths or lie to pass studies or restore equipment to operation. This is a place that praised its employees for record profits at a year-end luncheon, only to have its own employees complain months later about not having anything left after rent and bills. Indeed, your job here is not to validate equipment nor to protect product quality. Your job is to ensure that production never stops, no matter the damage to product quality, production processes, equipment, or morale. There is no respect here. Terrible benefits. No growth opportunities. 5 PTO days per year, and 4 sick days per year that expire every year. Inadequate training. No professional development. Goalposts and timelines shifting with such frequency that weeks of prep can be wasted. You will not come home after work and feel proud of what you've done. Until I finally learned to tell management to back off, my stress was such that even my personal relationships began to strain. I pray you have the choice I didn't and steer clear of this place. But if you don't have that choice, treat this place as the two-year community college degree that it is. Learn some skills, beef up your resume, then move on.

1.0
4 Dec 2015
Recommend
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Pros

There is a two-hour window for you to get to work. Benefits are given after a few months. The breaks are also pretty long, and they can be longer if you request them. Checks given every two-weeks.

Cons

Bad place to work. The people that work here are very childish. This is evident by all the posters of comic books and science fiction movies that are on the wall. It is like walking into a teenager's bedroom. There is an inner-circle at this department. If you are not part of the inner-circle, then they will not care to help you, or even care to talk to you. This makes the job more difficult than it really is. There is also a "class clown" in this department, and he spends all his time making jokes; this is because he is not smart at all. Most of the girls at this place do nothing but gossip. One of the girls in particular spends most of every day complaining in a whisper about others; has a lot of free time. All the drama at this place got old very quick. This is not a good place to work. There are a lot of 12-hour shifts; most of them overnight shifts. You will not have many things to put on your resume when you decide to leave. It will all seem like a waste of time when you leave. Overall, most of all the cons about this place are due to bad co-workers. The people that have been there longer work hard to pass their work onto the newer people. That is how they have a lot of free time. Don't waste your time with this place. But if you like to untangle Christmas lights and watch paint dry for 12-hours, then go ahead because that is (as a comparison) the bulk of the job. Finally, this department has a high turnaround rate. This means that people are quitting this job at a high rate.

2.0
11 Aug 2021
Recommend
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Pros

If you're able to stick here for a year, you'll be able to have enough on your resume to get another Validation job with decent pay if that's something you're interested in. Update your LinkedIn profile!

Cons

Low pay Overtime (weekends, nights) 4 sick days a year that expire each year Your experience will be heavily dependent on who else happens to be working in the department at the time. A lot of knowledge is inherited by word of mouth, so if you're with all newcomers (as is likely the case with the high turnover rate), good luck. Company is filled with outdated technology and poor management which make seemingly simple projects needlessly complicated. If you care about the quality of your work and have the ability to think about what you're doing, you will question your ethical values every time you have to write a deviation report. You'll learn to do what you have to to get by and try to protect yourself as much as possible in an industry that is only about profit. If all you care about it is career goals and maximum salary, then this is an okay place to start if you don't have a good enough resume to get a job anywhere else and are willing to take a hit for a couple years while building up your resume. If you have any other values, then working here will definitely make you question whether this is a good industry to work in.

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