Covance Employer Reviews

Stressful, chaotic job. Very high turnover. Hard to take lunch break and rarely leave on time.

a typical work day consist of lab animal health checks, data entry, written logs, feeding of the animals, cage cleaning and changing. I learned to advance in each level of the job.I often travel alot with the company to different states to perform work. My co-workers were fun,exciting and very helpful which worked out great for me because I am a peoples – more... person. The hardest part of the job was sometimes long extended hours. The most important and enjoyable part was my passion for animal science and research. – less

A typlical day at Covance is very busy, and fast paced. However this helps to keep your day going. Great people to work with, benefits are good, and for the most part a great place to work.

No departmental structure set up by management, you learn only from your co-workers how to do the job. Systems are outdated, no support from management for manual processies. Overworked and everything is a manual process.

Culture of fear. Great co-workers! Too many reorganizations in a short period of time.

The company has provided me with a vast array of experiences in which I have gained several very valuable transferrable skills. This is a fast paced company in which things are constantly changing. The people at this company are great to work along side and there is a real focus placed on work life balance here at this company.

in the middle of what you are trying to accomplish you get delegated to do supervisors work also. They do not care if you have a life outside of work. you live here. uppers read emails to other coworkers and if they don't like something you said you get blindsided by the manager.

Work at Covance for 3 years and got out just in time. The Early Development business is in a steep decline and Management is completely clueless of how to reverse trend. Worst company I have ever worked for and would not recommend it to anyone.

Covance is a good company to learn the ins and outs of a CRO. If you're new to the industry, it's a good place to start as they are willing to give new hires a shot. The work is very fast paced and is heavily scrutinized... but that's because it is a CRO.

The pay is not great - on the lower end of the typical pay for the industry. Advancement is based – more... on how well you're liked -- but that doesn't matter because the advancement pay is awful.

The environment is more for the young and social -- not geared toward those who are truly career-minded who drive for advancement and success. – less

This was the worst company I have ever worked for. There was totally no structure, poor managers, no training process for new employees. If you are looking for a life balance job, do not work here. This job will be your life. Management is grandfathered in and most of them have minimal college degrees to be in a management position. 90% of them do not – more... need to be a manager. – less

Easy work. Wonderful co workers. Very unfair management and supervisors. Terrible shift schedulers. Long hours. No breaks. Supervisors pick favorites and are very negative toward staff. Great benefits but terrible place to work.

The work is fine no problem, long hours, up and down shifts, scheduling does not work around your schedule. CO workers are the best, helpful really a team. Management is okay. Typical day at work is standing on your feet for hours, double booked on rounds, lots of paperwork.

in/outbound calls
doc office/RN calls
insurance investigations

The ability to manage work load and time getting help when needed.
Gaining perspective that patience and persistence can work in balance to accomplish success.
The hardest part of this job was leaving.
The best part was being heard by our department manager creating a true team effort.
And of course all these things feel short when they decided to close – more... the site. – less

Overall loved the company. But, there is a lot of office politics.

This was a very rewarding position due to the fact that it was a non-profit organization. It provided copayment assistance for medications to persons in need.

Due to my assignment here by the temp agency, I was fortunate to have been given a minimal amount of work security for nearly a year. There was the possibility of being hired full-time to Covance. However, after ten months of employment, it turned out that the company had hired too many temps and needed to let go of those who had already been on-staff – more... almost a year. I was glad to have learned how to operate the Salesforce.com database and was able to share my tips for maximizing performance with other temporary employees. I enjoyed getting to know some of the other employees, permanent and temporary, and obtained good advice on the job itself as well as other areas of my academic pursuits.

Possibly the most difficult part of this job was learning how to overcome the tedium of having a small amount of duties to perform during a typical eight-hour day. Fortunately, the low-maintenance job responsibilities minimized the stress and provided a fairly comfortable work environment. There were some concerns with the temp agency's staff liaison who also worked at Covance, an individual who did not provide ample feedback for how I could improve my work performance. I found her to be condescending and hardly as easy to relate to as the first temp liaison who'd I worked there with. – less

First of all the pay is very low for the amount of work and the lack of work-life balance. Turn over is very high, I was there for 1 year and they fired 7 people. There isn't an, "on-boarding process", they expect you to learn as you go without any real training process or support, if you make any mistakes you are a moving target. Oh and they will have – more... your cell phone # and won't hesitate to call you day or night for anything. – less

Unless you are a Project Manager or Sr. Manager in the company, the compay pays poorly. The company has a weak IT infracture and is very behind in technology requiring manual entry. Many College students are brought in to do Associate roles with no experience but at low pay. In three years, they can advance to 3 different Specialist level roles. The – more... job doesn't start paying well unless you are a Project Manager. PM can work at home so that is the best part of the company. There are no summer hours on Friday's but you can wear jeans. Management is terrible. Longevity is short. There are old school managers that want you to Yes them. HR is useless, they do not assist with anyone other than support the stupid managers. Most of the employees have rated management as not giving fair job evaluations. Raises are at least 18 months the first year, and then the second year is yearly. It is a good place to go to start out and learn about critical trials and how they set up sites but long term you are better going to another company. Lunch is only a half hour too. – less

I was allowed to grow as an employee. Hard work and quality results were rewarded.