Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,846 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

77% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,846 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 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and pay are up to par with other large organizations. Up until recently, a growing organization which can be exciting if in the right mindset and staffing levels adequate.

Cons

Lots of departments restructuring year after year. Very high turnover. My department was small, but I would bet the turnover was higher than the CRA population. I had eight managers in seven years. I know some people that had five in eighteen months. Some were great, but others were not so hot. One time I witnessed one of my supervisors fondling a little baggie of a brownish-white foreign substance. I would classify this supervisor's style as "jumpy." Although some strides have been made, technologies used can be antiquated. Staffing levels are rarely adequate for projects, resulting in burnout of the people currently on them. Talent Acquisition can not hire sufficiently, nor in advance as needed to staff projects.

4.0
Dec 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Expectations of employees were reasonable, goals were clearly communicated, sufficient and valuable feedback from management, flexible hours.

Cons

In-fighting at the director level can impact employee work, some coworkers tend to coast and let others pick up their slack, it can be hard to make changes.

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