A place to start - Anonymous employee Parexel Employee Review

1.0
Jul 29, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Established company. Met great people who share the same frustrations and are the ones who will offer help. Great location, away from the city.

Cons

To many systems in place that do not work well with each other. Too many chiefs, not enough Indians. It's sink or swim and many hours spent looking for answers within many different company based Senior and Line Managers unable to provide help or answers, due to their own workload or lack of knowledge. Many wasted hours looking up answers Finger pointing is common practice for Senior managers and leaders for their own mistakes. Work life balance becoming more and more non-existent. Super-users? Seriously, this is obsolete.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

Well trained managers that empower you, truly listen to you, and only do well if YOU do well/ they provide resources and definitely offer development opportunities to those who want them AND have demonstrated they can maintain their scoped, regular duties at a high level of quality while working on special development projects Also unlimited RTO in US

Cons

no bonuses and too much focus/emphasis on how many years with *Parexel*, as opposed to how many years total you have been in the industry (ex doing site management at another CRO or Sponsor group )

1.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro is that they offer remote work.

Cons

I would give zero stars if I could, but since I can’t, I’m forced to give one. They seem to have layoffs almost every year. Their US-based pharmacovigilance team was also affected in 2024 and 2025. It really feels like a hire-and-fire culture.

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