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 3.8 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 265 reviews)); "Work life balance is good and the job itself is easy." ((in 217 reviews)); "The people are great and really helpful" ((in 183 reviews)); "Good training and resources" ((in 131 reviews)); "Work from home and coworkers are great." ((in 102 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 248 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 45 reviews)); "Heavy work load" ((in 38 reviews)); "The workload can be high and stressful at times." ((in 32 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.

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Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific

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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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4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

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).

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4.0

Mar 8, 2022

Great Learning Experience

Assistant scientist

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Pros

Great Colleagues Will learn a lot about different testing and data review Managers supportive Work-Life Balance

Cons

The findings for electronic workbooks are VERY subjective. Be prepared for spend many hours responding to findings (that sometimes aren't even required). Large learning curve because what you learn during new employee training, lab training, and client-specific training are not consistent. The work is sometimes disorganized because there are many projects that often change priorities everyday. Must be willing to scrap several hours of work to pick up a new project. The software they use is old and very buggy. Makes learning curve much bigger than it needs to be. The pay could be higher.

2.0

Mar 8, 2022

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Clinical research associate

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CEO approval

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Pros

Had some really good co-workers

Cons

Doesn’t seem like they care about work/life balance. Overworked and underpaid

1.0

Mar 5, 2022

Impossible Expectations for Technical Project Manager- Biopharm

Associate research scientist

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Pros

I worked in PPD's Biopharm Release and Stability group in Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin for more than two years. Pros: Good benefits. The scienstists doing the work are nice and fun to be with.

Cons

Cons include: No career path for Technical Project Managers. The only logical progression is into people management, so please skip being in this role and go straight to the Associate Group Leader position. Constant reorganization. I knew someone who had six different supervisors within the span of 12 months. Management from a couple different departments were unexpectedly fired as part of reorganization. Some of these people were well liked and respected. Why wouldn't you want to retain these people in different positions? Lots of people put on PIPs when the problem is the overwhelming workload or uncommunicated expectations. For example, how can a single person be responsible for drafting and closing 30 deviations and investigations within 30 days? That's not a failure of the employee but of the employer. Extremely poor management and leadership skills among the people managers.

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