PPD reviews

-Little emphasis on communication and collaboration between groups and departments -Compensation is below industry average; benefits package is decent, not excellent. -While the company is willing to send you to conferences and allow you to pursue professional development opportunities, there is little room for upward growth (at least within my department), so many of these development opportunities seem like a waste (unless you leave the company). I've found it difficult to get on a career path at PPD; I have a good job, but I don't have a career here. -PPD seems very resistant to change, and many processes are antiquated. For instance, PPD just rolled out an electronic performance management system -- it's been paper based up until now.

Some of the Group Leaders are not very effective leaders. My primary Group Leader was always in a terrible mood, never appreciated work done above and beyond expectations, and gave terrible, unfair reviews. I got a 2 cent raise after working for over a year, and this was rewarded to me after I figured out what was causing one particular assay to fail repeatedly and which she took credit for in the end.