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3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,829 total reviews)
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Marc Casper

82% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

PPD has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,829 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PPD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Dec 22, 2017

Great company overall

Recommend
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Pros

Generally, very nice team/s, clear goals, good management, productive environment, decent benefits and growth potential.

Cons

Being a large global company, it may be slow to respond when it comes to needs of groups of its employees. Also, as it has a very metrics-based work environment, the workloads are often pretty high.

5.0
Dec 14, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary, benefits package and work environment. Good work-life balance. Clear criteria for evaluation your achievements.

Cons

Sometimes the workload can be excessive but the line management did not encourage working over time, which was good.

3.0
Dec 9, 2017

Excellent scientific expertise, poor management.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working in a GLP lab with a lot of different analytical techniques is a plus. Good working atmosphere in the labs and site services department, many opportunities to work in a matrix, international environment. PPD pays well (I'm middle management) and offers a lot of advantages such as company car, smarphone, health insurance, pension plan...

Cons

If you're middle management and above, your manager will probably be in the US, so communication is not always seamless. High turnover when it comes to top management. Department goals are very ambiguous, sometimes you wonder where you're going. Do not expect to have a good work/private life balance. Several cases of burnout and resignations during the last year. Follow-up of your career expectations (including scientific and intellectual interests) is inexistant.

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