Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,839 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,839 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
2.0
Dec 5, 2011

Dead-end

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

a great place to put your feet at the door if you want to work for a CRO a good level of cooperation between regional hubs and other offices

Cons

you can burn out quite fast due to the huge workload and lack of recognition significant difference in compensation between staff members dead-end positions the internal structure of the company (world-wide) is very inflexible salaries are not competitive at all, ridiculous "increases" for non-billable staff performance reviews are useless. results depend on your relationship with you manager as well as the promotions if you work fast and well, they give you even more things to do as a "recognition" and maybe a bar of chocolate... having already worked there, I cannot tell one single reason why I might consider going back...

2.0
Dec 1, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it's a big company to get your foot in the door if you are looking to get into clinical operations.

Cons

they are not really interested in people moving up. most positions are dead ends and if you want to move up to a CRA role you need to make a lateral movement and go through 4 different positions.

3.0
Nov 21, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Experience working for CRO , working with many clients, constant challenges, working with current technology, Flexibility.

Cons

Lack of planned training, global challenges, lack of career direction and weak management .

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