I worked remotely for the Global BIOS team for 4 months. The department is incredibly understaffed right now so everybody is being overworked to try to get projects completed on time. I was constantly working 50-60 hours per week but told not to bill all my hours because my studies were running out of hours. But then because my billable hours looked low (<90%), they were assigning me more review work and studies so I was regularly working late into the night.
I received snarky emails from the BIOS Resourcing Team when I tried to secure programming resources and felt totally unsupported by them. But then I was yelled at by my Project Manager and client, being told it was "not an option" for me to not complete studies by the agreed upon deadline. I quickly felt totally burned out from working so hard and feeling totally unappreciated and unsupported.
It's worth noting that shortly before I left the internal professional women's network hosted an "Out of Overwhelm" workshop for overwhelmed female employees. Maybe if you need to host a workshop for all of your overwhelmed employees, something else within your business needs to change.
I was sold a different version of the company during my interview process and was so disappointed by the reality of IQVIA. I was really heartbroken to leave because I hoped it would be a company I would stay with for a long time, but I know leaving was the best decision for my mental health.
