IQVIA reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(15,228 total reviews)
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Ari Bousbib

76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

IQVIA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 15,228 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IQVIA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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15K reviews
1.0
Aug 6, 2019

Felt like a number FU

Recommend
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Pros

Pay, looks good on a resume,

Cons

My boss wouldn’t approve a new laptop even when it froze in the middle of an SIV. I brought along hard copies (I/E and schedule of events only) against my boss’s advice. They salvaged the SIV! I also asked for an upgrade for adobe so I could submit docs to the TMF team, correctly. She said NO. I purchased a power cord for my cell in the airport because I left mine, and I had a 3 hour delay.. I was coached on not doing this. My PTO was denied twice. I missed my scheduled billable date because I had 2 major deaths in our family within 4 weeks. This was used against me. My late reports in May were used against me even tho I submitted all of June on time (which was the agreed plan forwArd). At my do one SIV, the site had zero reg docs due to a crap new system, it has since been halted, oh and did I mention my laptop froze. and they used this against me, stating I didn’t know what the reg docs were ! Ludicrous. They let me go in 6 mos time. No ROI, and screwed around with my livelihood. This is just one persons VeRY recent experience. God speed❤️

3.0
Nov 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Very flexible work schedule Work from home Nice bonues Great health benefits Great Educational benefits

Cons

Since going public- Travel accommodations are now less safe for staff Lost technology reimbursement Education benefit now tied to tenure (which means they can fire you and you owe them the money back if you have not worked out your tenure for the benefit, lay off is different) No retiree benefits Awful open desk environment (maybe ok for the foreign countries but the US culture is different) Expensive healthcare Use to have room to advance now its dog eat dog (use to love my co-workers but the environment is now watch your back ALL the TIME) Poor managers who have to manage customers and staff....staff lose out and never can advance (so we leave for better jobs when we really dont want to!)

2.0
Jun 26, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

After the “merger”, which was really an acquisition of Q by IMS, the only marginal pro is the ability to WFH in most roles. That’s not really anything unique to most ClinOps companies, however. The company has discretionary leave, but even that has been an issue since management refuses to approve extended vacations due to “business need”.

Cons

From a ClinOps perspective, the biggest con has been the constant focus placed on metrics. With Q, the culture was focused on patients, but IQVIA’s focus is on money. Management is solely interested in revenues and cost-cutting and as an employee, I feel more like a number than ever. Every email from management is about an upcoming business review...no praise, only metrics. The R&DS group has lost its way with regard to quality and management does nothing in response to field employees voicing concerns. The CEO is dead-set on his mission to lean everything out in the way of revenues, which has materialized through outsourcing and low body count with resourcing, making workloads extremely high for those who remain. You can forget about work-life balance. There has been constant degradation of benefits and nearly all perks have been removed. High performance is not rewarded here and merit increases and bonuses are non-existent despite record revenues. Salaries are well below market values especially for experienced staff. Another major problem has been the IT infrastructure...they have everything so locked down now that it is difficult to do my job, and help is difficult since it’s all been outsourced overseas. Overall, I have no tangible reason to recommend this company and it’s really sad what management has turned it into.

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