Bulky and Hard to Navigate - CMA Parexel Employee Review

1.0
Jul 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have good benefits and there are some good people. I like the international aspect of the company.

Cons

Systems, processes, SOPs, and guidelines are bulky, hard to understand, and they are not efficient or effective. Every task seems to take three to four times as long at PXL, than other CROs. This has been given as a reason for the coming layoffs, which are at least the 2nd round of layoffs in less than 2 years. It seems that rather than looking at WHY people are having trouble with the systems and processes, they would rather lay people off and ship jobs overseas to save money. The site management team members seem to feel very adversarial toward each other and I have had team members be downright rude, un-business-like and mean-spirited with no censure. All team members are not treated the same. Upper management does not listen to other team members, even ones with a lot of experience.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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