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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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2.0
Apr 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

having a job in todays economy work from home unlimited company mobile phone

Cons

All projects underbid in terms of hours to accomplish tasks - then employees hard squeezed to deliver in unrealistic time. If not able to pull it off by working extra for free penalised with demoralizing "annual performance assessments" and no raise at all Constantly working 1.5 FTEs for 1 FTE pay (at about 90% of industry average pay/compensation) Superficial involvement with far too many projects at any time to really get to know the project in depth and provide quality, well informed service Unreaslistic timelines for deliverables, inability to plan anything, unexpected work routinely dumped all of a sudden without any notice, Day to day work feels like putting out fires and managing emergencies most of the time Barely enough time to accomplish tasks at all, let at all provide excellent service, one can be proud of Zero recognition for hard work Pay barely keeps up to date with inflation (and that if your annual assessment "exceeds expectations" only) Rather boring, repetitive tasks at a relatively senior level - lack of satisfaction from using your knowledge Very high turnover - after 3 years you feel like a company dinosaur Promotion not based on merit but on "not saying the wrong things" to your superiors, and not questioning anything Favroritism - some get away with doing barely any work, constantly on leaves and their work gets dumped on others who are in turn not adequately rewarded for extra work Lack of company vision/pride in working for a great company

2.0
Apr 2, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are great. Large company with many different types of positions.

Cons

Very strict work environment if you work in dept that uses a "timer/tracker" to monitor your work all day. You are left having to even make up the time you spent going to restroom or getting a drink of water. It can be very draining. There is mostly take and no give. Don't expect you can leave early after working long hours for days prior.

5.0
Mar 19, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great training programs, outstanding management, nice quiet work environment, very flexible to work with your personal life.

Cons

Other companies probably offer more money and perks to account for lack of training programs.

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