London office is rife with politics, back stabbing and incompetence - ML/AI Engineer IQVIA Employee Review

1.0
14 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent WLB if you don't want to learn or work

Cons

- Nepotism is the culture at IQVIA London. Promotion is not based on merit but on who you are close with. - Incompetence is the norm. When you actually want to contribute and do some work, you have to carry the weight of 10 others who are coasting or clueless, while they are back-stabbing you at the same time. - Product owners are the most useless bunch — they don't care about scientific rigor or quality of work. The only thing they care about is slapping their names onto work that stands out, while contributing absolutely nothing to the project. - People in leadership positions are the least organised people I have ever come across. Ad hoc requests are made on a daily basis and also forgotten on a daily basis.

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5.0
12 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good learning opportunity and a stepping stone

Cons

sponsor driven, sloe promotions, decent pay

3.0
15 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Great work / life balance, leadership wonderful dependent on team, collaborative coworkers, everyone try to help each other

Cons

- internal processes too long, hard to progress career if you are not loyal to certain leaders, sometimes we get in our own way to service our customers, internal bottlenecks between sales and delivery at times. If you are someone who likes to follow processes this is a good place, if you are someone who thinks outside of the box and pushes the envelope of change for betterment or more efficiency - you could be frustrated

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