Good if you don't plan on working in other companies - Associate Software Engineer Parexel Employee Review

3.0
17 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good holiday (25 days, with options to buy 5 additional) Good pension Good benefits (private health, dental and various other offers) Ability to rise up relatively quickly through positions with hard work Pleasant colleagues, with an active company social scene

Cons

Low pay, with the gap becoming more noticeable when compared to senior roles in other companies. Internal tools which have no bearing on the wider industry as a whole, leaving you without the skills needed to move on and develop as a programmer. Infuriating quantities of paperwork and procedures (partly due to the clinical trials industry) which make the nature of the work often very repetitive and tedious.

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5.0
6 May 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A few nice people. That's it.

Cons

"With Heart" is a joke. This company does not care about its employees. Those that have been there for a number of years seem to be brainwashed into thinking this culture is normal and that this company cares about them. Parexel likes to make employees feel like they are just lucky to be there. Senior Leadership lacks management and people skills and are quick to throw employees under the bus to protect themselves. Probably because for many of them this is the only company they've ever worked for. This accounts for the high school clique-like culture. The workload is ridiculous for the pay and expectations are constantly shifting. The only thing Parexel cares about is money. The company is overloaded with ridiculous metrics. It's practically all you will have time to do. The most miserable place I've ever worked.

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