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A good 1st job out of college - Associate Scientist PPD Employee Review

3.0
Jun 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At least at the Richmond site, there are a lot of fun, young employees so it's a good place to make friends. They are willing to hire and train recent college grads so you can get that "1-2 years experience" required for most other positions. The job is relatively easy and low stress and managment tolerates lots of slakcing off (so this is only a "pro" if you're looking for an easy job that you're not planing to make a career out of).

Cons

Senior management is not interested in the personal and professional growth of their employees; they are only concerned with their bottom line.

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5.0
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Pros

Great company, awesome people, and line managers.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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