IQVIA reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(15,255 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 15,255 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 13, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The pay was alright, but not worth the hellish experience

Cons

I only worked there for about 5 months, they provided barely any actual training for the job, and they gave me their most important study for their most important client, who already had a data manager assigned to the study that the client loved (and that DM was still at IQVIA; it wasn't like they quit or anything, they were just pulled off of the project so I could take it over), and gave me a month to create an extremely important and long presentation on the study to present to the client at an in-person meeting they flew me out for. Long story short, there was physically no way to reduce a particular timeline below ~2 months, but the client expected and demanded a 2 week timeline, which just wasn't possible given the testing the study required. Despite my best attempt to work with them and explain the fundamental limitations, they were incredibly upset. Afterwards, I was "laid off" because, I was told, they didn't need as many DMs as they hired anymore. But, in reality, IQVIA just needed someone to take the blame for them without hurting their reputation. It sucked.

2.0
Jun 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Iqvia Biotech is a great organization to get into the CRO world as a short term goal. Pay is decent for what you do.

Cons

Leadership favors departments over other departments. Company will ask for feedback and overwhelmingly they will provide negative and hardly any positive feedback. The company has changed its KPI metrics for bonuses among other items and the majority of people cannot meet expectations at the position, resulting in low bonuses and stagnate wage increases. Overall, this is a company you want to get your CRO experience and get out as soon as you get another chance at another CRO. Your team will not have your back and will throw you under the bus to save themselves. They say they want your feedback, but turn their backs and ignore it.

1.0
May 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote work, Available Bonus, and Vacation time

Cons

No notice of being let go, position was eliminated* and was given zero warning. Manager was not qualified to do their job and constantly complained down the line about her duties and responsibilities, her manager had so many irons in the fire, taking on way too many responsibilities that the team couldn't possibly cover but still expected to complete on time. Constantly changing expectations and changes were not communicated to all team members in a clear and concise way so when mistakes happened people were called out in front of the team instead of taken care of individually. *the job wasn't eliminated, it was sent to India. I was made to train my replacements before being let go. I was called into a monthly 1:1 meeting with my manager and an HR rep was also present and that's when I knew I had just lost my job. Zero warning this was going to happen.

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