Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,841 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,841 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
Aug 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, some flexibility around work hours and working from home (varies by individual manager though, no consistent policy).

Cons

Director/VP level leadership generally poor. For the most part folks at that level are far from impressive. There are exceptions, but they're few and far between. Predominantly people at that level are there through having hung around for years rather than having been recruited or promoted for genuine merit or talent. Heaven help you if you dare to disagree with people at this level, they're like petulant children that can't tolerate constructive critiques or even suggestions. Poor communication regarding where your immediate department is heading. Grotesquely dated and bureaucratic, nasty politics. Some highly toxic individuals who have mastered "kiss up, kick down" to the level of an art form. Truly shocked at who stays and who gets pushed out. They seem convinced employees are simply cogs in a machine; there's a relentless race to the bottom via a push to offshore work rather than employing bright people who can innovate to achieve sustainable improvements.

2.0
Aug 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

if no previous experience in this field, this company is good to start in

Cons

for experienced or talented staffs, it is scarce chance for promotion; also promotion depends on friendship with managers; compensation is not reviewed for years despite hard working

2.0
Aug 14, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Organized, Process oriented. Can always be a place for pure clinical research individual

Cons

Slow, too many people but less utilisation,

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