Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,840 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,840 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
Jul 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have good benefits and there are some good people. I like the international aspect of the company.

Cons

Systems, processes, SOPs, and guidelines are bulky, hard to understand, and they are not efficient or effective. Every task seems to take three to four times as long at PXL, than other CROs. This has been given as a reason for the coming layoffs, which are at least the 2nd round of layoffs in less than 2 years. It seems that rather than looking at WHY people are having trouble with the systems and processes, they would rather lay people off and ship jobs overseas to save money. The site management team members seem to feel very adversarial toward each other and I have had team members be downright rude, un-business-like and mean-spirited with no censure. All team members are not treated the same. Upper management does not listen to other team members, even ones with a lot of experience.

1.0
Jun 27, 2015

FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO WORK

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are nice at your level.

Cons

Pay, games management play and the lies. If you are a manager or higher you have bonus, if they act like giving you 2.5% is a gift. DO NOT WORK THERE.

1.0
Jul 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Professional in some areas of operation

Cons

- Favouritism based on color of skin - For a city full of talented, well educated and experienced applicants from various cultures spanish, asian, african, the Berlin branches have absolutely negligible (if any) colored employees. This just confirms the negative image the Berlin subsidiary has regarding racial profiling. - Salary is more or less just about average

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