Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,836 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,836 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
Jan 11, 2011

None

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working arrangments; challenging projects.

Cons

Work/life balance; need to work long hours to 'get the job done'.

2.0
Jan 5, 2011

Every thing works despite the systems

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working arrangements, depending on manager. Large company that weathered the recession well and most positions are stable. (Project Management is not - high turnover)

Cons

Highly bureaucratic with poor communications. Very little opportunity for growth, tendency to hire in managers rather than promote. Management structure is vertical.

3.0
Dec 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Projects are interesting Dealing with people in over 54 countries is very interesting Company is involved in cutting edge clinical research Pay is around industry average A lot of room for horizontal movement and promotions

Cons

Management expectations of hard working employees is too high. Low performers are allowed to stay low at the expense of the good workers Workload is intense and does not allow for work-life balance. Burn-out is frequent. Working 60 hours a week is not uncommon Some senior managers are borderline abusive in their language towards their employees

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