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    IQVIA Reviews

    Updated 18 November 2018
    3,144 reviews

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    IQVIA Chairman and CEO Ari Bousbib
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    • "Sometimes work life balance is difficult" (in 238 reviews)

    • "Contract , No work life balance" (in 44 reviews)

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    1. "Great Opportunities"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England

      I have been working at IQVIA full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Huge opportunity to progress, fantastic people that are extremely knowledgeable and genuine experts withing their specialty.

      Cons

      Can be exceptionally corporate which is to be expected from a company this size.

    2. Helpful (1)

      "I will not recommend"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Richmond, London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Richmond, London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at IQVIA full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Vision is good, good people around

      Cons

      Management takes decision without analyzing the facts , poor leadership , lack of ownership and feedback , don't evaluate the employee potential, communication is very poor , No clear HR policies

      Advice to Management

      Manager is a person who should support his/her team and communicate properly.

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    3. "Mixed bag"

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      Current Employee - Director in London, England
      Current Employee - Director in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at IQVIA full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Technically challenging and intellectually stimulating environment
      Good career progression
      Good salary and benefits

      Cons

      Culture can be bullying
      Very political environment
      Legacy IMS part of business very dominant in senior roles
      Short term-ist revenue first thinking

      Advice to Management

      Improve corporate culture and behaviours

    4. "Good company to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at IQVIA full-time

      Pros

      Good welfare packages . Nice colleagues.

      Cons

      Big company, high-level management could be a bit disorganised sometimes.

    5. "Consultant"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Good learning curve
      Interesting work
      Brilliant teams

      Cons

      High pressure environment
      Promotions are difficult

      Advice to Management

      Invest more in orientation

    6. Helpful (1)

      "Great place to work if you can handle the pace"

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      Current Employee - Project Director in London, England
      Current Employee - Project Director in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at IQVIA part-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      People, progression, opportunities, everyone works as a team and very flexible working

      Cons

      High workload, stressful, long working hours

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Insulting employee review process in Analytics Center of Excellence (ACoE)"

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      Former Employee - Analyst in London, England
      Former Employee - Analyst in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at IQVIA full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      -Keeping up with technological innovation in the CRO industry
      -Benefits system is good
      -Infrastructure
      -Helpful and intelligent colleagues

      Cons

      -You can get rated down on performance evaluations even when your manager supports your evaluation, this is extremely insulting to employees and totally undermines the goals that employees are forced to set themselves in the performance process
      -Management blames lack of budget for not giving fair performance evaluations. Not good enough! Companies can choose how much to pay their workers.
      -Bureaucratic approach to change management destroys incentives to improve existing processes
      -Teams are under-resourced compared to the number of internal projects and the expected progress of each project
      -Pay rises are in line with inflation, no better or worse
      -Chance of promotion is extremely low unless you are senior management and benefiting from frequent restructuring of the department. For everyone else, fewer people promoted than actually deserve it.
      -People are leaving or looking to leave. Management has adjusted its ‘staff retention’ target from 95% to 90% because more people are leaving!

      Advice to Management

      Give employees the performance ratings they’ve earned instead of grading people on a curve. Separate business as usual roles from development. Have a clear progression and promotion pathway.

    8. "contract specialist"

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      Former Employee - Contract Specialist in Reading, England
      Former Employee - Contract Specialist in Reading, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at IQVIA full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Multinational company, lot of career pathways

      Cons

      too rigid, lack of communication

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Great employer"

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      Current Employee - Sales Representative in London, England
      Current Employee - Sales Representative in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at IQVIA full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good benefits and excellent opportunities

      Cons

      Job security, still a small stigma attached to "contract" reps

    10. "Everything Depends on the team."

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      Former Employee - Business Support Analyst in London, England
      Former Employee - Business Support Analyst in London, England

      I worked at IQVIA full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Flexible working environment, good benefits

      Cons

      Long hours, no career path, stressful environment,

      Advice to Management

      Try to help employees to move up the career ladder, management provide no support or structure. Constant changes since the merger (IMS Health +Quintiles). Some have been good and some extremely disappointing.

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