PRA International Employee Review

Former Employee – worked at PRA International full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Developed some great personal and business relationships.

Cons – London-educated CEO has hired numerous executive vice-presidents, directors, and “consultants” – staffing them with friends from the UK and former cronies from PPD.

To maintain the illusion of profitability, the executive team under-resources studies. They also cancel raises and bonuses (except to themselves) shortly before payout is due.

The effect on employee work/life balance and morale is deplorable. Hundreds of valuable and profitable employees have resigned over the past three years. Vacancies remain unfilled due to lack of applicants. In the end, it’s the customer who suffers; so they are taking their business elsewhere. High turnover, poor sales, etc… Basically, every metric is going in the opposite direction that it should.

I am shocked that the private investors who own PRA tolerate this. PRA was once a great CRO and employer. I have seen PRA executives fired for much, much less in the past.

Advice to Senior Management – Those valuable and profitable ex-employees are now competing against you. At the same time, your revenues and profits are in free-fall. See the connection?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company