Where to begin… I was at Medpace for well over a decade and was let go with a recent sweeping lay off due to non-compliance with the work from home policy. I can completely understand being let go for noncompliance with company policy, but the way they went about things was extremely unprofessional and showed the true importance of the bottom dollar to the company over any employee regardless of their tenure, performance, or dedication to the company.
Following COVID (during which the company did major lay offs in 2020 and hired in folks making a fraction of those laid off and expected the more senior employees to work themselves to the bone to keep up - which I did, now regrettably so) they instituted a hybrid work from home schedule in that employees were allowed to work from home 8 days a month, plus an additional 8 days a year that could be used to work from home at any time as well. I fully admit to non-compliance of this policy and my direct supervisor was aware of this and didn’t encourage me to be in the office more due to personal/family situations I had going on at the time - not that I blame them for any of this as they are just a cog in this machine as well. I routinely asked if I was being missed in the office, if anyone was saying that were looking for me and unable to reach me, very much trying to ensure if there were any issues, that I could mitigate them when they arose. I was told no one ever made complaints and during all 10+ years at the company, I received rave performance evaluations and was continually told how much of an asset I was to my team, and even told during almost every performance eval that they didn’t even have guidance or suggestions for me to improve.
Skip to the beginning of 2024 and we were told that all employees needed to start coming into the office on Tuesdays for “together Tuesdays” so I made sure to be compliant with that schedule. I have read this elsewhere posted by another employee that during the first quarterly meeting of the year, the president of the company indicated that they wanted to slim the workforce by 1% during 2024. I didn’t listen to the meeting recording, so this is based of another employees remembrance. When bonus and merit info began to be released to upper management in February, there were rumblings of people being worried about a mass exodus after the info was released to all employees as the numbers were shockingly low compared to other years even though revenue was doing well. Prior to the release of the bonus and merit raise info being released to all employees, I was told that as a means to “reward” employees who came to the office more frequently than required, they ran an audit of badge accesses on campus and found that many employees were not compliant with the WFH policy. So instead of using this as a reward system, it was used as a means to slim the workforce, in my opinion.
Those that were not compliant with the WFH policy were initially told in early March 2024 that they were not receiving their bonus or merit raise, and they needed to become compliant with the policy, which I did immediately and was still let go around mid-March. It is my understanding that I am among MANY senior, exemplary employees who also were blindsided by this decision.
So beware, keep all correspondence documenting any decisions made about anything to do with your employment and ultimately always look out for yourself, because in my opinion, Medpace does not value employees regardless of what they have given of themselves to this company.
