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A sinking ship - Anonymous employee PPD Employee Review

3.0
Apr 17, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Line Manager, some good staff and colleagues, good work life balance.

Cons

Low pay, not competitive with other CROs, low bonus's, not enough to live on, high workload on a meagre pay is not fair. Slow to move up the promotion ladder, Study Managers abroad, do not understand the NHS and the timelines we are supposed to change are unrealistic, its all about money, which means quality and expectations to clients is unrealistic and lies a lot of the time.

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Cons

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Pros

Provided health insurance. Good coworkers Good exposure to team at client site If you have a good technical lead, the job can be great!

Cons

You have 2 bosses (Technical lead from Client Site) and your PPD boss. PPD Boss does not know what is going on If you have a bad technical lead, your life can be miserable. Pay is low No protection from abusive technical lead (coworkers on same team can have a drastically different experience)

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