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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4.0
Aug 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits e.g. Pension, healthcare, flexible working, remuneration is better than some, not as good as others, company has a social conscience and supports community initiatives, work life balance is overall pretty good. The company ethos as a whole makes you feel valued. Modern office building and environment. First office I've worked in where I have not seen bullying, this is a credit to the office and company culture.

Cons

Weak and unskilled managers who are also not empowered to make change happen. Very stressful to get what you need done. Communication issues that result in poorly delivered process improvements that often make things worse. Staff are not always a good fit for their role, a clearer person specification should be devised to allow recruitment to be better so that unsuitable people are not taken on, with managers experienced in recruitment making the decisions. People's strengths and weaknesses are not recognised which leads to people being in the wrong roles, not being able to utilise their real abilities and then finding they're not able to develop and leaving or simply performing poorly in their role. It also leaves people feeling disengaged and not valued for their skills in their jobs and you feel like just a number rather than a person. Better managers could change all that.

2.0
Mar 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Most (KEYWORD: MOST) of my coworkers are amazing and supportive. - Good place to gain entry level experience in the industry and as a recent college grad. - Thorough training process.

Cons

- Cheap company. Our location recently laid off the security guards, and are having us take over their duties..... - Low pay - Last minute scheduling makes it difficult to maintain work/life balance - High turn around rate. Alot of people stay for around a year and then leave for better opportunities. - Bad work environment. While most of my coworkers are friendly, some are bitter and nasty. If there is conflict, instead of talking it out with you, they will head straight to your manager or talk behind your back. - Middle management for the most part don't know how or what to properly manage. I barely even talk with or see my current manager. - HR presence practically nonexistent.

3.0
Feb 9, 2017

Went downhill

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

My co-workers that I worked with day-to-day were great. I also enjoyed working with the direct manager I had for the first 4 years.

Cons

Company started undertaking alot of organizational changes in 2014 and this has continued. There was alot of confusion around roles, and new management was brought in for many areas. Much of the new management were incompetent and arrogant fools that I did not want to be around, much less work for. I left a year after getting a new manager that I did not enjoy working with. Before and after I left, there were many other smart and nice people who also left for similar reasons.

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