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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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4K reviews
1.0
Apr 7, 2018

Trash

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There weren't any in my experience

Cons

The temp agency PPD uses to hire temp (Target CW) employees, sent me someone else's background check. Both parties acted as if it wasn't a big deal!

1.0
Feb 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonable benefits and pension. Some good business colleagues can still be found outside of IT.

Cons

Are you a US veteran? Are you based in North Carolina? Do you have little or no technical IT knowledge? Do you value pedantic adherence to policies and processes over tangible results? Are you happy to fire long serving, competent staff, if cheap offshore resources can be found? Do you thrive in a toxic, political, blame driven environment? Will you blindly agree with everything your managers say? Will you support IT leadership in the removal of any employees that dare to seek flexible working arrangements? If you can answer yes to all of these questions then PPD will be a great place for you to work. If you value trust, honesty, openness, and results then this might not be the place for you. If you are in an eastern European location, that was once perceived to be low cost, watch out. Your ‘leaders’ have identified that India is cheaper. Layoffs will be coming to an office near you soon.

2.0
Sep 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities for overtime (at least in certain busy groups), which sometimes lands you a gift certificate in addition to the time-and-a-half pay. If you want to get trained on something, they will usually be glad to get you trained on it.

Cons

Highest stress job I have ever had, which for me was not worth the pay and all the random $$ bonuses. I always got good reviews from my supervisor, but there's always this sense that you could be fired at any moment for any reason.

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