Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,834 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,834 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
Jan 24, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Salary - Line manager (speaking for myself. Not sure if everyone is great) - Flexibility (WFH, core hours but you can step away if you have a doctor's appointment etc.)

Cons

This is a company where the quality of work goes to die. Most of the people I've had the "opportunity" to work with do not care about the quality of their work and no one seems to do anything about it. Because some of the departments are highly understaffed, I think line management cannot afford losing people (i.e., firing them) who deliver substandard work. So it's up to other people, usually functional leads, to clean up other people's messes (i.e., working extra hours, burning out and be highly stressed over it). Please get rid of people that only drag the company down. Perhaps consider employing people in countries where people value the quality of work and STOP employing people where it's CHEAP!

1.0
Jun 16, 2017

Sinking ship

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Health Insurance, dental insurance, PTO, 401K

Cons

High turnover, incompetent management, outdated systems, high stress due to constant layoffs and reorganizations, compensation about 15% below market.

2.0
Feb 25, 2016

Horrible Culture - Employees are used and abused

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

working from home is the only pro that I can think of at this time since you get to hang out in your pjs and your pets.

Cons

they do not care about you, if you are a good employee then you will be punished with the worst projects, the rescue missions, the clients that no one else wants. They will over resource you and overwork you and make promises that it will get better (with no actions) until you break. If you are bad, you will be left alone. Take away - don't do too good of a job.

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