Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,835 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 3,835 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
Oct 5, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learning the industry and getting the training you need to move on. Use this place as a stepping stone to better companies that pay better and will respect employees.

Cons

The metrics created and timelines given are simply unrealistic. The new LEAP initiative has created intense issues that have clogged employee's abilities to actually do the work they are given. Program interfaces dont work. The guidelines are not drilled down and specific enough to do the job. More emphasis on naming conventions than doing the actual job. Data entry duplication is intense. Management is out of touch with employees and the timelines are excessively unrealistic. I find its sad to see so many good employees leave as a result of the incompetence of others. Backstabbing and bitterness runs rampant and is fueled by the poor morale. People are only staying as the jobs market is poor at the moment. Turnover is high. Great work ethics and high performance is not rewarded.

2.0
Sep 18, 2010

Huge Bureaucracy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pharmaceducal Industry is growing rapidly, stable company, benefits are good.

Cons

Some of the worst processes I have ever seen, clueless about IT development, very political heavy at the top. Just hired any QA person for the first time!!!

4.0
Sep 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some great people. Exceptional work life balance (they turn the lights off in the building at 6). Strong team culture, people really help each other. They manage geographically distributed teams very well. Promote from within.

Cons

Some not so great people. Distributed teams can make it difficult to effect change. Distributed teamc can make it harder to stand out and move up.

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