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      Parexel

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      Parexel reviews

      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,848 total reviews)
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      Peyton Howell

      76% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

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      Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,848 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 Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 28, 2016

      PAREXEL Assessment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast growing, well-positioned in competitive market

      Cons

      Very bottom line focused - laying off experienced staff, but more junior staff in lower cost country. To their credit they are working very hard to eliminate the fire-fighting culture, but they have a long way to go.

      3.0
      Mar 1, 2016

      Could be worse- like employed by Quintiles

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      No observed micro-management at a functional level (you are expected to show leadership within your area of expertise) Therefore, you have have flexibility to perform your job leveraging your experience and talents which can become opportunities to grow your career if you choose to. Culture that supports diverse opinions and promotes a sense of challenging the status quo (It is encouraged). My experience has been that everyone treats each other as a colleague and with due respect - across management levels. Wonderful people you get to work with everyday ( I truly mean that)

      Cons

      Huge, disparaging disconnect between executive leadership's grand plans for growth/change and operational realities…yes, PAREXEL also 'puts the cart before the horse'. And sometimes the execution is quite frightening. This may lead to frustration and increased turnover (more so than industry averages). By the way, your flexibility to run independently ends once you have opposed Business Development and/or Quality Management who wield power. From a higher level - too many processes/communication/technologies that are redundant or conflict. A new idea gets operationalized before being even partially vetted...and the downstream impact is often times a train wreck.

      2.0
      Feb 14, 2016

      work life

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great work life balance. great benefits and company events.

      Cons

      Low pay and a lot of travel

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