Covance Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Good learning experience while going to school."

What do you like about working at Covance?

"Good learning experience while going to school. Paid the bills."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself. I think that's the best advice for any company. If it's supposed to be a fit, it will be."

What don't you like about working at Covance?

"Wasn't in my field of what I considered a career job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was good while I was there. I don't have too much for them."

What do you like about working at Covance?

"workload is reasonable , environment is supportive, like regional travel, good benefits"

What don't you like about working at Covance?

"I like doing Oncology only, sometimes pulled to help with other projects"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"prefer to be on a few protocols with lots of sites.like a good workload, not too busy but not slow"

"Far too much nepotism and favoritism."

What do you like about working at Covance?

"Compensation is acceptable but is not spectacular. Some work from home options acceptable, but it depends on your manager (inconsistency within the organization)."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They love the behavioral questions, but most folks doing the interview lack the skill to do it properly or perhaps the company as a whole isn't good about coordinating the questions so you are not asked the same question by every seperate interviewer."

What don't you like about working at Covance?

"Nepotism is rampant in this company in the Indianapolis Location. For a company of this age, the culture is very immature. Promotions is based on who you know that likes you. Promotions are mosting applied to incoming ElI Lilly workers (thus location known as Lilly West). Raises are a thing of the past. Review happens end of year first of the new year, but applied in July. Bonus are skimpy (but the company is doing well). Managment is very top heavy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"HR Department needs a lot of work. Recruiters lack followup. Hiring Managers lack ability to hire timely and also lack followup skllls. Company likes to talk about the ficticous 'compelling offer' and 'pillars of service', but in truth it's simply not believable."

"Decent company, but turned on employees at the drop of a hat"

What do you like about working at Covance?

"The people I worked with and the friendships that came out of all of it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't ever talk negatively about this company. They have eyes and ears everywhere."

What don't you like about working at Covance?

"Management policies were a bit unsettling. If your entire team did amazing, someone still had to be declared the loser and receive no bonus because of what they referred to as the curve"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give bonuses based on how you do, don't stiff people who earned it."

"Covance, a terrible place to work."