Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,836 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,836 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
1.0
Mar 27, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

You can wear jeans every day.

Cons

-Morale is extremely low - A bunch of slightly above average people doing the wrong things - Never worked at a place where NO ONE knew the accounting system; and management could care less, and will continue to hire people who don't have a clue. - Very political. All about who you know and who you do things for. Not meritocratic at all. Great people leave this environment for upward mobility and more challenging positions. -Lack of strategic direction - Large quantity of dead weight employees who management lacks the courage to deal with -Company condones backstabbing, negative office politics, and gossiping. There are a ton of dirty tricks people use to get ahead at this company. Temps are treated like dirt. Promotions and jobs should be based on work performance, not how many people you flirt with and gossip to. - Terrible on boardng process. Again I would like to emphasise- no respect for temps.

4.0
Mar 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Heavy investment in technology and training that is better than most CROs. Good channels of communications and support of activities that enable normal operations to proceed normally.

Cons

Periods of high activity and low activity that can work difficult for long range planning. Still significant level of decision making is held by a few at the highest level.

1.0
Mar 9, 2011

The ship is sinking, no kidding ...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

flexible working hours, as long as you get the job done, no one really cares when you come in and when you leave. You can work from home as well. 20% + of the employees are decentralized.

Cons

chaos in financial and operational systems, currently. too many highly paid directors who are only good at talking, but not real working. High turnover rate, over-burned work bees.

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