Does PPD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PPD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PPD. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PPD?

79% of PPD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PPD 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PPD?

Scientist (175) , Associate Scientist (161) , Assistant Scientist (139) , Clinical Research Associate (97) , Senior CRA (91) , Clinical Trial Coordinator (73) , Senior Scientist (73) , Project Manager (68) , Project Assistant (63) , CRA (50) , Medical Information Specialist (50) , Senior Clinical Research Associate (39) , Clinical Team Manager (35) , Safety Specialist (34) , CRA II (33)

What are the pros of working at PPD according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and stable" ((in 273 reviews)); "Work life balance is good and the job itself is easy." ((in 211 reviews)); "The people are great and really helpful" ((in 177 reviews)); "Great training and way to get your foot in the door." ((in 125 reviews)); "Flexible work hours and work from home opportunities." ((in 105 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PPD according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low compared to industry standards and also based on the amount of work given." ((in 245 reviews)); "Over a decade of poor management has led to a bureaucratic and operational nightmare in my department." ((in 171 reviews)); "the environment would become toxic and upper management would not assist their managers." ((in 42 reviews)); "High work load and remuneration" ((in 38 reviews)); "Workload sometimes gets heavy" ((in 30 reviews))

What are employees saying about PPD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PPD layoffs and their outlook for job security at PPD in 2026.

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PPD

Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific

PPD reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(3,828 total reviews)

Marc Casper

82% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

PPD has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,828 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PPD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

2.0

Nov 5, 2013

Interesting projects but poor management

Senior medical director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the friendly atmosphere, the colleagues' true good will and strong work, a great variety of projects. Company should go public again within 2 years.

Cons

incompetent executive management, not seeing reality, no equity and fairness in upper hire process and in HR missions overall, no real will to offer strong science, minimal package

3.0

Oct 25, 2013

Research Lab tech

Research lab tech

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy work, good pay, friendly coworkers

Cons

If you're per diem the hours fluctuate from 35hrs per week on busy weeks to 15 or less on weeks that are slow.

1.0

Oct 17, 2013

Get out while you can

Senior clinical project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Line Manager and Oversight Directors seemed genuine; decent pay relatively

Cons

No time to finish training or onboarding before assigning rescue project. No support available - everyone overworked to point of exhaustion. PMs fleeing as soon as they could due to long hours, no work-life balance. Literally crying to your manager got you no where. Company extremely economically driven - results in Bus. Development running the show; under-resourcing and making promises that the cannot be met and are dumped on the PM/Team to manage. This results in poor performance and client satisfaction >>> no bonus for the PM who is inevitably responsible.

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