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    Updated Jun 19, 2019

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    Found 357 reviews

    3.3
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    Parexel CEO Jamie Macdonald
    Jamie Macdonald
    13 Ratings
    Pros

    • "Flexibility work life balance team work" (in 131 reviews)

    • "Great people, Great work from home option, great training & friendly work culture, good medical benefits" (in 112 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "SDSS"

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      Former Employee - Senior Drug Safety Specialist in Toronto, ON

      I worked at Parexel full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Best work culture and work life balance

      Cons

      None actually, however benefits and compensation can be improved

      Advice to Management

      Just keep doing the good work

      Parexel2019-06-01
    2. Helpful (2)

      "Great company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Parexel full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Great huge projects, great many people working as a huge family

      Cons

      management doesn't care about real talents and highlight that "there's no irreplaceable people".

      Parexel2018-11-27
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    3. "Flexible PRN Status for Picking Up Shifts"

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      Former Employee - Laboratory Technician in Baltimore, MD
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Parexel full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Requires walking to fetch samples. Learn to centrifuge, pipette and freeze samples.

      Cons

      Sometimes short staffed depending on the days.

      Parexel2019-06-04

    4. "Not worth the effort"

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      Former Employee - Senior Systems Engineer in Horsham, PA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Parexel full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      It's a pay check with the possibility to kiss up to the right person.

      Cons

      If you are recognized for an achievement, you have to write your own recognition; managers lazy. Raises aren't performance based, but by who got the biggest raise last time. Management to busy to help, advise or hiding things from clients.

      Advice to Management

      Fess up to development issues; instead of throwing employees under the bus until they are fixed.

      Parexel2019-06-19

    5. "Good money if you have the background but you will start bare minimum without experience"

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      Current Employee - Imaging Research Associate in Billerica, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Parexel full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      OT is available for imaging research associates Room to grow in the company and move to different positions that make more money

      Cons

      Very small raise at the end of the year. It will take me five more years just to get to average pay because I didn't have the experience

      Parexel2019-05-10

    6. "NA"

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      Current Employee - Clinical Site Manager in Durham, NC
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Parexel full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Flexibility with work hours, 19 days of PTO per year, good benefits

      Cons

      Complexity of processes, micromanagemnt of Line managers

      Parexel2019-05-08
    7. Helpful (4)

      "Didn't Meet the "Promises""

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      Current Employee - Senior CSM in Durham, NC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Parexel full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Line manager is great and colleagues are awesome. Training is thorough. Benefits are decent.

      Cons

      Systems aren't streamlined. Known "problem" employees are allowed to stay and bully team members creating a hostile working environment. SOPs aren't followed nor amended for requests that are being made.

      Parexel2019-04-10
    8. Helpful (2)

      "Working at Parexel"

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      Current Employee - Research Associate in Baltimore, MD

      I have been working at Parexel part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Very chill atmosphere to work in. Co workers were awesome. Felt like a family. I hate that I had to leave. Would go back if I could

      Cons

      Not any downside really. Sometimes the participants try to hit on you

      Parexel2019-03-19
    9. Helpful (4)

      "Good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Clinical Research Coordinator in Glendale, CA

      I worked at Parexel full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      You can learn a lot about the industry

      Cons

      The company constantly makes cuts that make it harder for you to do your job. You need to work overtime to finish your work but they won't give overtime. You basically have to work overtime without being paid and if you get caught you will be in trouble.

      Parexel2019-03-28
    10. Helpful (3)

      "Clinical Research Organization"

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      Former Employee - Manager in Baltimore, MD
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Parexel full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      International collaborative investigative clinical research that led to groundbreaking drug studies

      Cons

      Frequent restructures leading to workforce reduction

      Advice to Management

      maintain a skilled workforce to lead to a competitive brand versus downsizing to remain competitive

      Parexel2019-03-23
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