Does Parexel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Parexel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Parexel. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Parexel?

75% of Parexel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Parexel 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Parexel?

Drug Safety Associate (115) , Clinical Research Associate (96) , Project Specialist (94) , Project Manager (80) , Manager (67) , Research Associate (59) , Regulatory Affairs Associate (58) , Senior CRA (55) , Statistical Programmer (52) , Senior Clinical Research Associate (47) , Director (43) , CRA I (40) , Clinical Data Analyst (36) , Drug Safety Specialist (33) , Medical Writer (33)

What are the pros of working at Parexel according to real employee reviews?

"Good Work life balance and challenging" ((in 280 reviews)); "2. Pay & Benefits: I think the benefits are good and I like my salary." ((in 198 reviews)); "Many great people across the globe who are still motivated and are working hard to maintain a level of client trust and satisfaction." ((in 146 reviews)); "Flexible working hours like work from home" ((in 111 reviews)); "Good work culture is good" ((in 99 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Parexel according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management whose only solutions were to say 'yes' to clients and their immediate superiors and push implementation on staff below" ((in 189 reviews)); "Salaries are low and annual increments are based on peer review rather performance" ((in 135 reviews)); "most managers do things for the "sake of doing" instead of injecting real meaning into the actions they take" ((in 94 reviews)); "Not great in annual salary increase and no bonus." ((in 65 reviews)); "Poor leadership for the project is common." ((in 44 reviews))

What are employees saying about Parexel layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Parexel layoffs and their outlook for job security at Parexel in 2026.

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3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,830 total reviews)

Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,830 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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3.0

Apr 20, 2009

Wishing times were better – When times are good it seems the trickle down works and growth is possible.

Clinical research assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Chance for growth & foot in the door of the CRO industry. They offer a good self-paced training program and resources should you choose to expand your training.

Cons

There is a lack of communication about important issues (i.e. rate of promotions, change of work place location) There is also little flexibility around the 40 hour week. There is the flex-time to a certain amount around the core hours 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. However, you need to log 8 hours a day. Even if you work a 12 hour day putting in significant time to get deliverables out the door, you still need to log 8 hours the next using personal/vacation hours if necessary. For most positions, there is not an option for a 4 day x10 hours workweek.

4.0

Apr 3, 2009

A good place to start your pharma career

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Superb place to start in the pharma industry as there are lots of highly competent and knowledgeable people from who you can learn alot from. What you learn at PAREXEL will make you very valuable at pharma and biotech companies, especially locally.

Cons

There is alot of turnover because clients are always cherry-picking staff. There are also alot of "silos" so departments aren't always working together but often they compete against each other instead.

2.0

Apr 3, 2009

It used to be a good place to start out. Not the type of place to stay.

Ira

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good benefits package. Flex Time. Great people.

Cons

Low pay. Layoffs recently coinciding with outsourcing of work to India has created very low morale. Technical problems creating difficulties sending work to India has created stress among the remaining employees who are trying to do a workload of more people than are left in the US office. Potential for growth is severely hindered, not only because of the economy, but because they kept hiring in India. I don't forsee having a job in a year if I were to stay. I don't appreciate having to come in at 7am in the morning to train India, and then being expected to stay beyond 8 hours to be available until 5pm on the same day.

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