Parexel reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,834 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,834 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
Sep 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

some of the people are amazing - note that I only wrote some

Cons

some of the people are nasty and try to put you down and make you feel like you're worthless. Management is horrible and doesn't know how to manage. They act pompous, pretend to care, and they think they know everything when they don't have a clue about what is taking place on the floor or how to manage. They never employ enough people to cover shifts and more than half the time people are overworked and are set up for failure because quality issues/deviations are more likely to arise. Management may seem friendly, but don't let their initial impression fool you. They will only promote those who kiss up to management. They could care less on your performance. HR is untrustworthy. Never go to them or talk to them. They will throw you under the bus and lie to your face. Don't trust anyone in management that is currently there - as of September 2016.

1.0
Jan 12, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits were pretty good.

Cons

The company has zero culture; everyone is stressed and rude, no matter what department you're talking to. You'll be given an unmanageable workload and escalated the second you start to fall behind. The only way to keep up would be to work 12+ hours a day. Systems are terrible, no one can tell you even rudimentary things, and a lot of time is wasted in unproductive meetings.

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Parexel Response
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We appreciate your review and your openness. In order to provide a better response, we are wondering if you would be interested in providing more information related to your concerns. Please send a direct message to Tom.McGoldrick@Parexel.com with any further details.
2.0
Mar 5, 2017

Moved on and I'll never look back.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home. Benefits. 401k with company match. Tuition reimbursement. Vacation leave. Salary, if you fight for it upfront.

Cons

One word...management. I can't comment on all managers (obviously, I don't know them all) but the vast majority are awful.

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