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3.0
Jun 16, 2013
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Pros

Good experience, lots to learn in the field. good benefits. Fast pace, growing company. Would recommend as a entry level job to gain experience.

Cons

Very heavy work load- not a very good work life balance. Pay isn't great for the amount of work. High turnover.

1.0
Apr 21, 2014

The worst job I've ever had

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pro to working here is you are not living off unemployment.

Cons

The pay is outrageously low for the work load they expect you to do. The Burger King by my office was paying $2.00 more an hour than what my office was paying. The managers are completely unaware of the tasks they demand their employees and the person who assigns you and demands work from you is not who is listed as your manager. The employee morale is some of the lowest I've ever seen in my life. You are micromanaged and treated as a child as much as possible. Room for growth? Think again. Once my raise was 23 cents. CENTS. while the company pulled in millions and you are asked to work almost around the clock. Promotions are given on a twice a year basis yet are always given before you are reviewed. They are also done based on race. Each round the white and blacks would take turns getting promotions. You knew if a white person got a promotion last time then the next time it would be a black person and so on.

1.0
Apr 11, 2014

Phase I

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Pros

in a global point on view PPD is good CRO to work with well established. I worked in phase I and had a worst experience, will not recommendation to join phase 1

Cons

poor management, heavy work load, manager consider employee as a working machine, 70 percent of phase I programmers have fake resumes

3.0
Oct 28, 2014

Good experience but they might need to step it up

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A great opportunity to get exposure to the CRO atmosphere. Can work from home. Worked with great people.

Cons

The company has a LOT of turnover. There are people quitting every week. So work is constantly being transitioned back and forth in between employees. The company doesn't seem to have a problem with all of this turnover and have made no effort to improve pay, work load, etc. in order to keep the good employees that they do have. Hiring practices aren't very consistent either. You could have someone with a lot less qualifications than you working in a senior position over you. You can either have a very large amount of work or none at all. Nothing in between. The salary and benefits are not as good as other CROs.

5.0
Nov 7, 2015

PPD Rocks

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Pros

Benefits, gym, independence, accountability, great management, great location, parking deck, great people, great local employer, not micromanaged, recognition.

Cons

Training wasn't the greatest or most in depth. Heavy work load. I work a lot from home in the evenings and weekends. Short turn around times for tasks sometimes.

4.0
Nov 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefits, enjoyable colleagues, Holidays and PTO make for good work/life balance, upward mobility.

Cons

Can be very stressful with high work loads.

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