IQVIA reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(15,249 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

IQVIA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 15,249 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IQVIA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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15K reviews
2.0
Jul 29, 2015

Sr. Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Above average pay and good benefits. Depending on your depth and manager there is career growth and opportunity to move within company

Cons

With Tom Pike as CEO the focus is entirely on the financial bottom line and both patients and people run second or third- -and not a close 2nd or third. Opportunities and growth are ABSOLUTELY up to your manager and HR does nothing about blatant favoritism, or discrimination except tell people to "manage up." Benefits are eroding and jobs headed offshore as fast as Tom Pike can make it happen so prospects for employees not in India or Slovakia don'the look promising. Providing on-site car wash service at the HQ building doesn't fool anyone that employees are valued. They need to rename HR and call it Human Widget Procurement.

2.0
Nov 3, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They pay well and have a well-structured and segregated system such that you never feel like you have to fill multiple work functions to achieve your own deadlines.

Cons

They do not care how new you are to the company, they will throw you to the wolves immediately. 2 months after I was hired, while I was still learning all of their various systems and processes, of which there is *a lot*, they made me the solo lead DM for one of their biggest clients, on their most important phase III study, and sent me half way across the country to present to them our timelines, that'd *necessarily* be at least 4 months, that the client *insisted* should take 2 weeks, despite her own employees telling her otherwise. All the while I had 0 support or help from my line manager. Within a month after that, I was laid off due to "budget issues". If you want to be a DM for this company, prepare to hit the ground running, and do not dare give realistic timelines to clients.

2.0
Feb 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work with very smart people with integrity. High quality work. Great clients. Flexible work/life balance - doesn't really matter when/where you work as long as you get the work done.

Cons

The company really only cares about maximizing value for shareholders. For example, the CEO made 38 million last year, whereas they didn't even give a cost of living increase to the staff so in relative terms everyone else got a pay cut. Even when teams exceed targets this is not reflected in bonus'/payrises/rewards.

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