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Updated May 24, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "Many great people across the globe who are still motivated and are working hard to maintain a level of client trust and satisfaction." (in 102 reviews)
- "most managers do things for the 'sake of doing' instead of injecting real meaning into the actions they take" (in 66 reviews)
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Very good working environment and less stressful
Cons
Less chance of promotion …..
Thank you for taking the time to submit your review. As a company we pride ourselves on being able to provide a supportive and meaningful work environment where all our colleague can achieve a positive work life balance. If you need support to achieve a constructive work life balance please reach out to your line manager, local HR Business Partner or you can send me a direct message at Tom.McGoldrick@Parexel.com with any further details.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good entry job to build your resume. That is all.
Cons
Too many to list. First off they are owned by private equity and those are beyond greedy. They only care about money and making a profit for their wealthy investors. Private equity firms are the underbelly of capitalism and have no place in healthcare. By giving money to Parexel or working for them all you will be doing is making a bunch of wealthy investors even more wealthy. There are some great people who work here but for the most part a lot of them are brainwashed corporate minions who are there just to collect a paycheck.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
pay is very competitive and flexible work schedule
Cons
observations and experiences have been: 1) lack of enough resourcing as too many projects are accepted at the expense of the employee (for profit of course) work life balance and leadership is sub optimal 2) decentralized company chooses to put people in a study team cross culture time zone with no regard for team cohesiveness or forethought it's just a body in a spot. 3) often times teams are comprised of inexperienced staff members in countries where labor is cheap and communication is poor. Leadership at study team level does not understand challenges on their projects as they are chosen based on pure availability and ther experience, probably because attrition is an issue
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- management was extremely understanding of personal matters allowing myself to be comfortable with taking time off - projects are often done with extreme care, putting an emphasis on quality over rushing through tasks - lots of support across teams to ensure employees feel confident and capable
Cons
- working with international colleagues/clients often forces you to work odd hours - entirely remote (which is a plus to many, but can be isolating) - very high turnover rate, which I can only assume to be from less competitive pay and company-wide understaffing
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Many opportunities to grow and help employees to learn
Cons
Need to provide better benefits
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good team environment, decent clients, routine time off and bonus structure
Cons
Same as all med comms… workload varies and can be heavy at times.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
relatively flexible schedule. Nice colleagues and a good environment
Cons
slow growth to the next level of salary. Just job-hopped
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
I really do love my job and where I work. the PTO policy is amazing and my manager is very supportive
Cons
sometimes you can end up working on projects with other that may not respect you so you definitely have to speak up for yourself and have a voice
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
- Salary - Line manager (speaking for myself. Not sure if everyone is great) - Flexibility (WFH, core hours but you can step away if you have a doctor's appointment etc.)
Cons
This is a company where the quality of work goes to die. Most of the people I've had the "opportunity" to work with do not care about the quality of their work and no one seems to do anything about it. Because some of the departments are highly understaffed, I think line management cannot afford losing people (i.e., firing them) who deliver substandard work. So it's up to other people, usually functional leads, to clean up other people's messes (i.e., working extra hours, burning out and be highly stressed over it). Please get rid of people that only drag the company down. Perhaps consider employing people in countries where people value the quality of work and STOP employing people where it's CHEAP!
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Work life balance, bonus, collaborative teammates. Very stable job
Cons
Not sufficient for employees benefits. Still growing in the early stage
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