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      PPD

      Acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific

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      3.5

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (73 total reviews)
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      Marc Casper

      82% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Culture and values

      4.0

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      Senior Scientist employees have rated PPD with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Scientist professionals have a good working experience there. PPD is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Scientist professionals compared to other employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      73 reviews
      3.0
      13 Oct 2024

      Good

      Senior scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Healthy work environment and good job security

      Cons

      Thermo Fisher acquisition and reorganization negatively impacting morale. Froze promotions for over a year and then gave a meager bonus.

      2.0
      18 Sept 2023

      Decent pay, great work-life balance, poor scope of learning, stangnant career.

      Senior scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The best part of this job is very balanced work-life. You get 1-2 days/week work from home days in average which is unthinkable in wet lab jobs. You get decent pay compared to the living expenses in the Madison/Middleton area. You get a lot of vacations (22 business days, 3 floating Holidays in addition to company holidays and volunteer time off). Management is very professional and friendly. Another big advantage is their extensive training program whoch is one of the best I think. No company will train you so much while paying you. Although this sometimes becomes boring and overwhelming. Also work hours are very flexible if you are in a good team. PPD was already a big company on its own, now being merged with a giant like Thermofisher Scientific allows that big company job security, stability and immigration benefits if you are an immigrant.

      Cons

      The biggest con is the extremely regulated environment and very limited say on what you will do. The whole company is about GMP testing. So you basically don't do any research. You just follow a set of methods blindly. This is bad for early career scientist who want to transition to big pharma R&D. Also scope of promotion is very limited. Pay is pretty much stagnant. No company shares offered. Bonus is ~5% which is very low.

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