Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,845 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 3,845 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
May 28, 2013

Badly Managed Chaos

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Nice Weather - Cheap Alcohol...the company drives you too it!!

Cons

- Non existent line managers who don't care about their employees - Line Management promote people based on how long they spend in the company rather than how productive they are at their job - Line Management are out of touch with people who perform the tasks - Line Management do not have a career plan for their employees - Line Management do not understand many of the systems and tools - Line Management focus too much on 'tick box' style management ensuring they complete their task while ignoring work related problems - Snr. Line Management use 'Excel trackers' as a means of tracking all studies for PAREXEL which is all manual. No database to store such information. - Line Management offer no monthly meetings on the outlook of the company as a whole - No support network (HR or Line Management) - SOP's and WI's require a degree in themselves to translate or understand - Lack of training especially for study start up teams - Financial department dealing with CIS' or CO's are a mess and require leadership - Soft skills seriously need to be addressed. No interpersonal skills or negotiation techniques evident. If plan A does not work then there is complete panic. - Teams do not take accountability for work completed - Too many work arounds for every task - SME's identified are not qualified to offer advice due to lack of knowledge - NO RECOGNITION or any extra work performed to either improve a process or deliverable - Expectation of working 14hr days is not frowned upon as a result of overloading with work - NO BONUS - Offices are smelly, poor office equipment, laptops are ancient and far too slow

4.0
May 25, 2013

Parexel Clinical Data Integration department

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Small on site department and great people. Good hours and benefits. Potential to move up in the department.

Cons

Number of projects can be overwhelming and little to no face to face interaction with clients. Location can be a pain to get to if coming from South.

1.0
May 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are lots of goble trials. It a professional work, you can be expertis very quickly.

Cons

havey workload, many overtime cause tight timeline. No development plan for individual, limit promotion chance

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