Does PPD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PPD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PPD. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PPD?

79% of PPD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PPD 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PPD?

Scientist (175) , Associate Scientist (161) , Assistant Scientist (139) , Clinical Research Associate (97) , Senior CRA (91) , Clinical Trial Coordinator (73) , Senior Scientist (73) , Project Manager (68) , Project Assistant (63) , CRA (50) , Medical Information Specialist (50) , Senior Clinical Research Associate (39) , Clinical Team Manager (35) , Safety Specialist (34) , CRA II (33)

What are the pros of working at PPD according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and stable" ((in 271 reviews)); "Work life balance is good and the job itself is easy." ((in 222 reviews)); "The people are great and really helpful" ((in 181 reviews)); "Provides good trainings and offers mentoring" ((in 114 reviews)); "Flexible schedule, work from home," ((in 101 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PPD according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low compared to industry standards and also based on the amount of work given." ((in 254 reviews)); "Over a decade of poor management has led to a bureaucratic and operational nightmare in my department." ((in 173 reviews)); "Upper management is terrible; there is very limited opportunity to growth; company and management team will do everything in their power to prevent promoting employees and handing out raises; overall team energy is poor" ((in 43 reviews)); "Heavy work load and weekends" ((in 40 reviews)); "The workload can be high and stressful at times." ((in 38 reviews))

What are employees saying about PPD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PPD layoffs and their outlook for job security at PPD in 2026.

PPD reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,829 total reviews)

Marc Casper

82% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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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 Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Mar 29, 2016

If you hate thinking and love politicking, work for PPD!

Scientist

Recommend

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Pros

For anyone interested in a career in science: absolutely none.

Cons

Bottom line is personal profit generability, if you like being loosely associated with customer service and performing mundane, tedious and repetitive work, then PPD is the place for you. Overqualified analysts are constitutively underpaid and you have absolutely no value to the company. If you demand to be paid more (like a living wage..) it is more profitable for them to let you go and hire another naive, fresh-out-of college robot worker. If you are looking for a job for a gap year for grad school or med school, its not worth the stress and long hours, trust me.

3.0

Mar 29, 2016

Mostly good place to work.

Executive assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Overall a reasonable place to work. PPD provides a good work life balance, professional atmosphere, free coffee, volunteer opportunities. Food trucks on site.

Cons

Employee experience is closely related to managers. I found that Employees are treated as disposable, and there was very little growth opportunity.

3.0

Mar 24, 2016

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Programmer analyst ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lot to learn, valuable experience

Cons

Work-Life balance, Relative Low pay

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