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Great place to start out after college - Anonymous employee PPD Employee Review

4.0
Sep 17, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can work from home 1 day a week after 1 year, however I think they have changed that policy (really depends on who your manager is), decent pay for a fresh college graduate, work is not micro-managed

Cons

My friends at competing CRO's get to choose their own working hours, for example 9am-6pm or 7am-4pm instead of 8am-5pm but I think they are beginning to allow that at PPD to advocate for more work/life balance

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5.0
Dec 10, 2025
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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