Parexel reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,850 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,850 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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1.0
Aug 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to work from home when needed, depending on the relationship with your manager. Plenty of work - you won't be bored. On the other hand, you can never catch your breath and step out of your cube. I often didn't speak to another person (outside of IM, emails, and online meetings) for days at a time. Decent benefits package. Casual dress code.

Cons

Low morale. Ineffective management. Training is a farce. Little to no direction on a regular basis. When direction is provided, it is vague. They sell products that do not go through rigorous QA testing. Typically, the first project sold using the newest technology is the guinea pig, leading to delays and profit loss as the "bugs" are figured out. High staff turnover due to burnout. It is rare to find anyone to take ownership when issues arise. The company is reactive versus proactive in terms of problem-solving. Band-aid solutions instead of addressing and fixing the problem at it's source. Salaries are below industry average. Horrific office politics - the worst I have seen in my career.

3.0
Jul 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Leading CRO, experience will pretty much give you an opportunity to go to any CRO later on. Recognizable name that will also let you transition to industry sponsors if you wish.

Cons

Not intellectually stimulating, very mundane work. LM was never present and in my case, didn't bode well for new hires who were expected to be in office daily.

3.0
Jun 30, 2014

6/30/2014

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

remote work, have good CRA support with inhouse CMAs.

Cons

too stuck on system tools which can overburend monitors and team, need to integrate sstems and stop making individuals metrics be based on systems that constatntly break or in cases where you have more that the allowable number of sites the company will cut those out so they do'nt look as if they are over working you but you don't get recogniition.

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