IQVIA reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(15,236 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 15,236 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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1.0
Jun 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you are from a prime engineering or management institute, IMS offers you good pay packages.

Cons

Extremely poor and stingy management; HR policies are 'local' and not global, so you get exploited at Indian rates; managers are not qualified; nepotism and favoritism is rife; horrible workplace culture and the management is unaware of what constitutes a good culture and what does it take to get there. The directors run their own fiefdoms and turf wars are common. Nowhere have I found such a motley bunch of slackers as here, and just because they form a core team of sycophants around the boss. Training: zilch, career progression: zilch, unless you are a part of your boss' drinking group; so get ready to be 'passed over'. My main grouse is that an employee is expected to operate within a very limited scope that neither enhances his skills nor provides horizontal exposure to multiple lines of work. I left chiefly because I felt that I was beginning to lose the development and project management skills I had acquired in my career. Finally,the turnover in the female population is very high.I have seen my female coworkers getting disillusioned and quitting very quickly due to the strong sexual harassment culture of the place. Bosses asking out their female subordinates is extremely common and I have seen women feel persecuted when they didn't encourage the advances.

1.0
Nov 26, 2013

From Bad To Worse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some flexibility in schedules, although make no mistake, you pay for the flexibility in the end.

Cons

I worked for Quintiles for over 10 years, and it used to be a great company to work for. Then, the company pulled their infamous switcharoo - going from private to public - and everything went downhill fast. No concern about quality service or company morale....for now. When the stakeholders pockets are nice and fat, and they go back private, I'm sure it'll be a nice place to work again.

1.0
Feb 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Possibility of being able to move from this division (IQVIA digital) where nepotism totally dominates to other areas of the company where there is hopefully a better chance of being fairly judged for your own merits and accomplishments vs nepotism and bro back slaps being in play

Cons

There is no diversity in management roles. Only white males bros get hired in and the recent new hires are not impressive or do that much other than going to meetings. Women and minorities only stand some chance if they are willing to agree to everything management wants without challenging the status quo and there is no opportunity for diverse opinions to thrive. If you are a white bro or a woman that is willing to be a “work wife” as one senior management leader called the one woman who has been repeatedly promoted, this is the place for you.

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