Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,841 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 3,841 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
2.0
Apr 15, 2013

makes one contemplate leaving elsewhere for here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

niec people, free fruit and bagels on mondays and wednesdays. if thats really it then ouch

Cons

no structure, the throw you to the wolves style of learning, no training, underpaid when job role and title are compared around the industry.

1.0
Oct 2, 2012

Stay Away....

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits (health, dental, vacation (3 weeks), global company, ability to be home based)

Cons

Doesn't value employees; bureaucratic; cronyism rampant; Sr. Mgmt thinks they are GOD and that they must be treated that way; to many VPs and no resource; no career advancement unless you are a benefactor of cronyism; Sr. Mgmt out of touch and policies reflect that; Workload expectations very unrealistic; don't care about level of education or skills

1.0
Jun 26, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-SOME nice coworkers -If you're entry level, this is definitely a crash course of working for a CRO (might be a con for some) -Can wear jeans everyday -Hours are flexible

Cons

-High turn over rate -Sink or swim office culture: No one has time to teach you anything and expect you to know everything. -If you're a really organized person who likes order and CLEAR directions, this is not this place for you. -Instead of your team helping you realize a mistake, they'll escalate it to management & make a big hoot out of it. -Lots of finger pointing to get ahead. -Contractors are treated like crap. -Can't have a general conversation without someone walking past you mistranslating & taking it up to management. -Training VERY inadequate. -SOPs that has nothing to do with your role or explain how this pertains to your role. -Training has no particular order (lots of SOPs and PowerPoints). -Constant change of management. -DISORGANIZATION on everything. -Lots of people who talk their way into promotions or being that "go-to person" when really they look like a deer in headlights when you ask them questions -Coworkers pretend to care for your frustrations/struggle when you're starting out, but will tell management that you're not doing well. -Management assign you tasks that they don't even know how to perform, so in other words they can't help you. -MICROMANAGEMENT all around. Even if you think your manager is not watching you, they have someone watching you for them. -Keeping to yourself DOES NOT help. Trouble still seems to find you either way. -Just because you got hired, it doesn't mean the person who hired you knows your true role/tasks -This list goes on and on.....

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