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Unfair Pay Within the Company - Assistant Scientist PPD Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Some of your coworkers are nice. You bond amongst struggle like other service industry jobs.

Cons

There is significant discrepancy with pay amongst analysts. Assistant scientists hired before Jan2021 were paid 18/hr. Assistant scientists hired after that date were paid 19/hr. Nobody else was bumped up when the assistant scientist salary was increased. There is an analyst performed ELISA testing, working 60 hour work weeks, and constantly being criticized by his supervisor still making $1 less /hr than an analyst who runs maybe 2 low complexity tests/week. You’re constantly asked to perform tasks above and beyond your job description, but then told there’s a freeze on promotions and raises even though the company is consistently bragging about bringing in millions in profit. If you’re thinking about working here, don’t. The environment is toxic and management does nothing about it.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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