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3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,828 total reviews)
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Marc Casper

82% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

PPD has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,828 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
Jul 14, 2011

A fun place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

flexible working time, no micromanagement, reasonable stress level, fun people to work with

Cons

too many layers of management, low efficiency, no consequence for bad behavior people overrate management position

2.0
Jul 12, 2011

Underwhelming.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I think the job is diverse and challenging, which I enjoy doing. Also I really enjoyed friendship with my co-workers.

Cons

Compensation package has a lot to be desired. Promotion process is not fair, but that maybe case-dependent: it is basically up to your manager.

2.0
Jul 4, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Nowadays it is a good environment to develop your pharma industry career but not to start. PPD is also a safe place as PPD will be very reluctant to fire you even if you really screw up. Safe for pregnancy. PPD is a very good place to learn and master organizational and time management skills (through trial and error) as the timelines that are given are rarely realistic.

Cons

PPD wil not teach you quality or give you proper training. So if you are ambitious it is better to start your career with some pharma/biotech company (producer). At PPD you will hear a lot about quality and timelines but you will not receive any serious training on either. Timelines are taken sometimes to absurdities which makes it impossible to deliver quality. A state of emergency is an every day business while the senior management fails to acknowledge that emergency when is constant ceases to be perceived as emergency. Not a place for serious professionals as achievements are not recognized and emphasis is placed on strict division of tasks which in turn inhibits professional growth. Too much of corporate pep talk in 1:2:1s with line managers. Line managers not capable of proposing content-related solutions. Senior management fails to train properly junior management concentrating on employing line managers to actual clinical related tasks.

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