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Not completely rotten, but I would never work here again - Associate Scientist PPD Employee Review

2.0
Feb 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

PPD does genuinely seem interested in doing the right thing for its clients most of the time and in producing scientifically sound data, most of the time.

Cons

Lackluster salaries, extremely low-trust, toxic company culture, poor management, little regard for well being of employees, chaotic work environment with no sense of professionalism whatsoever. Promotion and performance assessment system is completely broken. Also, as a scientist you will HATE yourself for working here. It is really, really hard to get even the most basic things accomplished, even my cGMP standards there are mountains of bloat you have to climb over to do the simplest of tasks.

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Pros

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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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