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Get the experience. Then leave. - Anonymous employee PPD Employee Review

2.0
Sep 15, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will gain exposure to a wide variety of therapeutic areas that will serve you well establishing a career in pharma.

Cons

Expectations and workload not commensurate with the pay. Over a decade of poor management has led to a bureaucratic and operational nightmare in my department. Opportunities for advancement are few and far between. Employees get burned out and end up making lateral moves.

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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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