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3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,829 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 3,829 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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2.0
Aug 16, 2010
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Pros

High profile industry, relatively high pay, relatively good experience for future endeavors, looks good on resume

Cons

too sweatshop in many ways, i.e. middle mgmt tasked with producing results so they pass it on to everyone doing the work, while tools, planning, process improvement and efficiency lags behind the times

1.0
Jun 24, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers are mostly young people who have left school within the past few years, so there is a youthful energy about the place on good days.

Cons

-mind-numbing work is the nature of the business here. It's hard to shine because in such a structured environment you are discouraged from doing anything innovative. You have to be the kind of person who likes working with their hands more than imagining solutions to problems. -As with many technical fields, the managers are people who have worked their way up through merit in their technician roles, or through attrition of colleagues. This means the middle managers can often lack the soft skills to manage people effectively. I saw several people leave not because they didn't like the work but because they couldn't figure out how to work with their managers.

2.0
Jun 19, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- Good place to start if coming out of school - Co-workers are friendly - Flexibility (company is great about allowing you to telecommute)

Cons

- Management is largely immature and inept - Purposely underbid projects - Unrealistic timelines - Extremely political; promotion depends on who you know - Outside training opportunities rather limited

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