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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4K reviews
1.0
Nov 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits & time off time (though not bonuses). Many of the worker bees are pretty good and nice, but all life is sucked out of them and you. Got some pretty good clin research experience.

Cons

Too many to list. Overwork, poor technology & support, bad vibe of management. Overall a horrible place to work,

1.0
Nov 1, 2010

poor company culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible hours, lots of vacation\sick hours

Cons

too many to name - favoritism all over the place. The office is white dominant (between 95 to 98%), and the management likes it that way. People are rude and insensitive, and the overall culture is "whoever complains first is right". Management has no people or negotiation skills, and do not realize people have low morale when told to the management's face. Promotion system is completely random and influenced only by favoritism and not competence or how much you work. The harder you work, the more work thrown towards you without any proper recognition what-so-ever. Many people, including myself, have noticed that any improvements you make within the company that either improve workflow or save money for the company are simply marked as "part of your job description" during the yearly reviews, and you are not compensated in any way. Once you realize all the cons of working at Perceptive, you realize it is not worth it to work very hard.

5.0
Oct 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very, very flexible with regards to time off, Lots of opportunity for advancement, job is very interesting with tons of different things to do, travel of all types available (some international), co-workers are by and large FANTASTIC in all aspects, there is of course the occasional turkey, but you can work around them easily. Benefits are great. Pay is probably about average. There is a training available for everything. If you get a crappy assignment you hate, it is easy (if you apply yourself) to transfer to something different.

Cons

Very hesitant to get rid of poor performers they just float around forever, and everybody knows it. However, usually the demands of the job make them miserable so they quit. Senior Management is not really in alignment. There are many initiatives that are a waste of time. It is hard for the company to communicate and a deliver a clear vision. This means there is alot of confusion strategically. However, after reading the other reviews.... don't believe the negative hype. Yes there is typical corporate BS and politics.. but this is present at any job. I suspect most of the complainers are entry level folks that have never had another corporate job and that refuse to believe their negative attitude is the problem. I started at the company at entry level and have had multiple promotions over the years. If you apply yourself , want a dynamic exciting job, you can deal with getting stressed out once in awhile... and you can put up with an average level of corporate crapola, this is the place for you. If you want to punch a clock , put in minimum effort, and can't deal with a corporate environment, you will NOT be happy here. Get a paper hat and sell french fries.

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