Parexel Reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,841 total reviews)
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Peyton Howell

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Parexel has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,841 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Parexel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro is that they offer remote work.

Cons

I would give zero stars if I could, but since I can’t, I’m forced to give one. They seem to have layoffs almost every year. Their US-based pharmacovigilance team was also affected in 2024 and 2025. It really feels like a hire-and-fire culture.

2.0
20 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It was a great company to enter the CRO industry. Remote work Private health-care Businesses phone

Cons

​Over the last couple of years, the company has really started to go downhill. Wage increases were postponed until July, bonuses have never even existed, and the real revenue-generators are completely undervalued. Meanwhile, middle management is bloated with people who bring zero value to the team. ​Massive layoffs have started, which has created a lot of job insecurity. While downsizing might be necessary, I just hope they actually target the dead weight. Additionally, management is heavily shifting focus toward offshoring to India; in my experience, the collaboration was difficult as the output from those teams was often very limited and lacked creativity. ​Work-life balance is nonexistent. I was consistently doing the workload of 2+ FTE with absolutely no financial reward or incentive. Upper management is completely disconnected from reality, burdening teams with useless, time-wasting procedures just so they can pretend to be "innovative." All in all - way too much work for peanuts.

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