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PPD reviews

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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4K reviews
4.0
Feb 22, 2016

It is a good company but could be great.

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Pros

I've been here less than 6 months and am really enjoying it so far. It's a technical field and there is a large amount of training (on the job or otherwise) you must complete before you can consider yourself a seasoned pro. I like the challenges and all of my coworkers are there to help me when I need it. Others seem very busy and my section is understaffed, management is trying to fill positions to help, which is good. The pay is good, perhaps lower than industry average in this area but... This company is willing to put resources in to train you, even if you don't explicitly have strict experience in this field, which is much more than can be said about other companies that require experience that covers a narrow criteria. Benefits are cheap, especially if you are single. Great 401K matching policy. Depending on position, a chance to see the world.

Cons

Everyone is spread thin. There is plenty of business. Little things like scarcity of company paid for perks (think of monthly birthday parties, team building exercises, outings). Lack of mid-length employee retention due to somewhat sub industry pay. Some employees have to work nights and/or weekends if they want to keep up with their work. Health plan deductible is a little high. Starting PTO is a bit on the low side (about 17 days).

2.0
Sep 9, 2015

The worst CRO to work for

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Pros

I was able to learn a lot about FDA regulations documentation and method development.

Cons

PPD does not care about their employees they will work you to death and never promote you but instead give you a bad review even if you're number one as far as number of plates ran per year.

1.0
Aug 8, 2015

The WORST & HORRIBLE company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

**Nothing**

Cons

Very low pay, Insecure job, Use and Throw policy, They don't know what they are doing, lack of communication between departments, never care about contract employees, they want someone who can work there for low pay. Overall, working for this company is waste of time. I wish I could give negative rating to this company.

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