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Not that great, too much change - Anonymous employee PPD Employee Review

2.0
Nov 18, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people seem to be very nice.

Cons

No work/life balance. If you have a lot of work, which is basically every single day of your life at PPD, chances are your manager won't approve PTO even though you really need a day off. Also, you are expected to work at 5 am frequently for the East Coast and as late as midnight for Asia. You can't say no, even if work is majorly affecting your personal life. If you speak up, your voice is not heard. Nothing changes and instead you end up being punished when it comes time for annual reviews. Also, the salary does NOT match the performance. You can be the best on your team and still be below par on salary for your region.

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Cons

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Pros

Provided health insurance. Good coworkers Good exposure to team at client site If you have a good technical lead, the job can be great!

Cons

You have 2 bosses (Technical lead from Client Site) and your PPD boss. PPD Boss does not know what is going on If you have a bad technical lead, your life can be miserable. Pay is low No protection from abusive technical lead (coworkers on same team can have a drastically different experience)

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