A good place to learn the industry, but not grow your career or salary. So don't stay long. - Director Parexel Employee Review

1.0
Apr 7, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

* Training department has a lot of video presentations on clinical regulations in a well organized library for online viewing * If you work hard and do a good job, you can be assigned even more challenging work to learn and sharpen your skills * It is a big company and you can move around to other divisions to expand your knowledge

Cons

* In the 2000s and up until 2015, it was a good company.. Then the founder was less involved and his COO made a mess. We thought it would get better in 2017 when private equity acquired the company, but it got worse and many of us quit in 2018 * In every country region and functional groups, the corporate defined salary scale is way below market rates * As a manager of a profitable service group, it was extremely difficult to get approval to promote staff (and approvals were rare and few) - this was the same problem for my boss and his boss above him * The private equity's executive leadership was so egotistical and ambitious that it was creating a culture of backstabbing worthy of a cheesy TV reality show

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5.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

full service CRO, lots of capabilities and resources for global studies. good at linking up resources/talent to study needs. very inclusive and good at recognizing talent. people are seen and best contributors are usually taken care of.

Cons

lots of changes being rolled out with limited transparency. contracting can be challenging. site payments and study closeout are areas that need improvement.

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