Pros
Pros include the flexibility, I was able to work from home and have never had an issue when I needed to rearrange my schedule or take off time. The experience and diversity of clients and co-workers is a plus.
Cons
Used to be a great job now it’s nothing more than a great reference as you look for a new one. Salary is very low compared to other CROs (large and small). Hard work and performance is not rewarded and management is completely out of touch. The biggest con is also the outsourcing they now do with Bangalore, allowing staff in EU & US locations to be laid off and replaced by much lower paid staff in India. Covance has turned into another greedy corporation looking for the cheapest labor and highest return, no matter who they screw over (employees and clients). It used to be enjoyable but prior to leaving the workload had become totally unreasonable. There was no emphasis on work life balance. Its all about profit. Horrible and unorganised management, terrible leadership and training provided is non existent, no seriously, NON EXISTENT. Very big on blaming staff members instead of working as a team and totally geared towards blame culture, heck there were processes in place totally geared towards blaming an individual. There was a lack of development and communication between management. Do you have little or no technical IT knowledge? Do you value pedantic adherence to policies and processes over tangible results? Are you happy to fire long serving, competent staff, if cheap offshore resources can be found? Do you thrive in a toxic, political, blame driven environment? Will you blindly agree with everything your managers say? Will you support IT leadership in the removal of any employees that dare to seek flexible working arrangements? If you can answer yes to all of these questions then Covance will be a great place for you to work. If you value trust, honesty, openness, and results then this will definitely not be the place for you. If you are in an eastern European location, that was once perceived to be low cost, watch out. Your ‘leaders’ have identified that India is cheaper. Layoffs will be coming to an office near you soon.