A good place to learn the industry, but not grow your career or salary. So don't stay long. - Director Parexel Employee Review

1.0
Apr 7, 2020
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Pros

* Training department has a lot of video presentations on clinical regulations in a well organized library for online viewing * If you work hard and do a good job, you can be assigned even more challenging work to learn and sharpen your skills * It is a big company and you can move around to other divisions to expand your knowledge

Cons

* In the 2000s and up until 2015, it was a good company.. Then the founder was less involved and his COO made a mess. We thought it would get better in 2017 when private equity acquired the company, but it got worse and many of us quit in 2018 * In every country region and functional groups, the corporate defined salary scale is way below market rates * As a manager of a profitable service group, it was extremely difficult to get approval to promote staff (and approvals were rare and few) - this was the same problem for my boss and his boss above him * The private equity's executive leadership was so egotistical and ambitious that it was creating a culture of backstabbing worthy of a cheesy TV reality show

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5.0
Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

Great company, very supported by management

Cons

So far I dont have any cons

5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Well trained managers that empower you, truly listen to you, and only do well if YOU do well/ they provide resources and definitely offer development opportunities to those who want them AND have demonstrated they can maintain their scoped, regular duties at a high level of quality while working on special development projects Also unlimited RTO in US

Cons

no bonuses and too much focus/emphasis on how many years with *Parexel*, as opposed to how many years total you have been in the industry (ex doing site management at another CRO or Sponsor group )

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