Covance Reviews
Updated Jan 15, 2020
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Paul Kirchgraber
17 Ratings
Pros
"Very good work culture and good work life balance" (in 77 reviews)
"Steady employment with good benefits" (in 71 reviews)
Cons
"Work/life balance could be better" (in 101 reviews)
"It can be difficult to keep up with the growing workload, especially after the Labcorp merger" (in 57 reviews)
- Featured ReviewHelpful (5)
"Forward thinking, good work/life balance"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Covance full-time for less than a year
Pros
Consulting work focuses on strategy, exceptional and smart colleagues, collaborative, work from home allows flexibility
Cons
None right at the moment.
Covance2019-03-09 "great company"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at Covance full-time
Pros
Great employees to work with
Cons
job can be stressful at times
Covance2018-06-12"Medical Device"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Covance full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Interesting projects, good computer systems
Cons
size of the company can make it impersonal and hard to find ressources/support when home based.
Covance2019-11-26"clinical data manager"
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Doesn't RecommendI worked at Covance full-time
Pros
nice work environment and supporting colleagues
Cons
No much career growth potential
Covance2019-02-25- Helpful (1)
"Long time employee"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Covance full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
work from home policy is a strong advantage
Cons
monetary compensation is inconsistent
Covance2019-01-16 "Senior Project Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Covance full-time
Pros
Covance has excellent support systems i.e. CTMS, TMF etc.
Cons
Very large company, so you get lost and less attention.
Covance2018-10-16"GSS"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Covance full-time for less than a year
Pros
-Managers that care about your career -good pay - great time off -great coworkers
Cons
-on-boarding was a little disorganized -work/life balance may suffer at times
Covance2018-02-08"Less qualified QA&C senior management example: Associate Directors and the Director"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Covance full-time
Pros
Has Good Clinical Operations Teams.
Cons
Less qualified QA &C senior management who micro manages and : never quite satisfied with deliverables. often feel frustrated because they would’ve gone about the task differently. laser in on the details and take great pride and /or pain in making corrections. constantly want to know where all team members are and what they’re working on. ask for frequent updates on where things stand although an update was given a few days / hours ago prefer to be cc’d on emails even if they are not relevant
Show MoreAdvice to Management
The QA senior management like Associate Directors and Director need experience, strong relationships, social capital, and emotional intelligence. While micromanaging may get you short-term results, over time it negatively impacts your team, your organization, and yourself. You dilute your own productivity and you run out of capacity to get important things done. You stunt your team members’ development and demoralize them. You create an organizational vulnerability when your team isn’t used to functioning without your presence and heavy involvement. The bottom line is : you need to stop. It’s harming your team’s morale and – ultimately – their productivity. Hope the merger of this Company with Chiltern will see these QA Associate Directors and the Director change their attitude.
Show MoreCovance2017-09-20- Helpful (3)
"Senior CRA"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Covance for less than a year
Pros
Still looking for it. PTO is good.
Cons
Management frequently understaffs projects and holds us to unrealistic billable hours. They ask you to lie about billable hours. Extremely high turnover due to burn out. Health insurance is of the lowest tier with high deductibles. Favoritism Discrimination Hypocrisy They use you as much as they can. Everything is an emergency.
Covance2017-08-28 "Good place to work"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Covance full-time
Pros
Professional, busy days, good management team
Cons
Heavy work load, feels like there's not enough time in the day to finish tasks
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