Parexel reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,849 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 3,849 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
4.0
Oct 24, 2014

Great Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They Believe in new grads

Cons

Are Competitive but worth it

3.0
Oct 13, 2014

Ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment, nice co workers

Cons

No appreciation or recognition for really working employees.

2.0
Oct 11, 2014

Drowning in inefficiencies

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paycheck. Decent benefits. Potential for flexibility but it depends on who you work for.

Cons

Terrible culture of rampant micromanagement, red tape, and inefficiencies. Highly political. Forget about advancement unless you are chummy with the right people. Hard work is just not rewarded here but gossiping, backstabbing, and general incompetence are the way to thrive. You'll likely spend 80% of your time justifying and running reports on what you do the other 20%; and that's when you are not wasting your days in pointless meetings where nothing actually gets accomplished. Good luck getting your hands on assignments which require the very intelligence, skills, and experience that got you hired. Salaries are adequate at the start, but do not keep up with the market, so you'll be training and mentoring new people that are clearly less experienced than you, but earn 15-20% more.

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