Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,831 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,831 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Parexel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Apr 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- compensation and benefits are in line with industry (maybe slightly better) - some very good people in the working lines - global company - some interesting projects

Cons

- management is completely oppressive with key leadership lacking basic managerial skills - work life balance is not a priority for management - financial systems are horrible, leading to labor intensive manual activities and unhappy clients - quality systems are poor and project management fundamentals are not understood by management who are demanding project management excellence - management sees all project issues/failures as a function of poor project management with a "customer is always right" mentality rather than supporting project leadership when client fail to meet contractual agreements - performance measures changed on the fly and there is little structure and opportunity for growth of personal skills - common practice to bait and switch clients on resources and poor service after the "sale" from management whose focus tends to hover on top line revenue and sales versus bottom line profitability...simply not honest brokers with clients at point of sale - absolutely no long term vision...living quarter - to -quarter at the expense of the next quarter and the resources tasked with delivering often oversold, under-budgeted and poorly communicated service agreements - high turnover rate with a large population "looking" - many new employees are recognizing the cons and moving on quickly could go on and on...

1.0
Mar 27, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can wear jeans every day.

Cons

-Morale is extremely low - A bunch of slightly above average people doing the wrong things - Never worked at a place where NO ONE knew the accounting system; and management could care less, and will continue to hire people who don't have a clue. - Very political. All about who you know and who you do things for. Not meritocratic at all. Great people leave this environment for upward mobility and more challenging positions. -Lack of strategic direction - Large quantity of dead weight employees who management lacks the courage to deal with -Company condones backstabbing, negative office politics, and gossiping. There are a ton of dirty tricks people use to get ahead at this company. Temps are treated like dirt. Promotions and jobs should be based on work performance, not how many people you flirt with and gossip to. - Terrible on boardng process. Again I would like to emphasise- no respect for temps.

4.0
Mar 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Heavy investment in technology and training that is better than most CROs. Good channels of communications and support of activities that enable normal operations to proceed normally.

Cons

Periods of high activity and low activity that can work difficult for long range planning. Still significant level of decision making is held by a few at the highest level.

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