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Good place to start out, not a good career path - Associate Scientist PPD Employee Review

2.0
Sep 11, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of training, they actually give you a job without experience straight out of college. Good benefits, time off, and non-work related perks

Cons

VERY poor compensation for laboratory positions. If you get a raise or a promotion, it's only a couple cents an hour difference. Even after several promotions, your salary will still be depressing. Very high turnover rate for obvious reasons

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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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