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 272 reviews)); "Work life balance is good and the job itself is easy." ((in 214 reviews)); "The people are great and really helpful" ((in 185 reviews)); "Good training and carreer progresssion opertunities" ((in 124 reviews)); "Flexible work schedule, could work from home when necessary, room to move up" ((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 249 reviews)); "Over a decade of poor management has led to a bureaucratic and operational nightmare in my department." ((in 174 reviews)); "the environment would become toxic and upper management would not assist their managers." ((in 44 reviews)); "Heavy work load and weekends" ((in 36 reviews)); "The workload can be high and stressful at times." ((in 36 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).

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4K reviews

3.0

Feb 25, 2013

CRA

Cra

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good training & career opportunities

Cons

low salary range than this industry

2.0

Jan 25, 2013

A bit of a sweatshop

Programme analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get paid every month

Cons

- work more than your contracted hours - don't get any hope of time back in lieu - no sick pay at all during notice period - no thanks for putting in extra effort, smarter not to bother - pay pretty average - IT equip in the dark ages. Excel spreadsheets emailed to members to study teams to keep track of resource and budgets - theres more

2.0

Dec 28, 2012

Company with strong business value but very low on human values

Clinical team manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Global existence (85 countries), Strong project pipe line, high profitability, Strong management team, Very much adaptive to new technologies, CRO with full service provider, Global ranking in first top 10 companies

Cons

Lack of work life balance for people working as Clinical Team manager, Ineffective line management system, Lack of support, to many systems leads to chaos, In effective on line training system which helps only to document that the training. Ineffective resource allocation model, Very complex structure (at least for project management). The employee usually dose not get time for self development (to learn additional skills, to develop additional competency).

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