Pay High but burn out quick - Senior Clinical Research Associate Syneos Health Employee Review

2.0
Jul 21, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All the perks of a big CRO, benefits, per diem meals, etc

Cons

No work life balance, especially all remote monitoring. If you don't have 10 days visits a month, you will be ask to fill it up to help other trials with same sponsor. Managers don't listen to your overburn, since they are in the same situations. PMs have no experience in managing trials or CRA experience, they are basically promoted project specialist. Leads are dropping like flies, you have a skeleton crew on the trial. No immediate support when need...the list goes on, but its been like this for the last 9 months.

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5.0
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Pros

Great line Management structure. They really care about the full person.

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

FSP work is great and feels stable, many of the people that work for syneos are very hard workers and have lots of experience in the industry

Cons

If your manager is not championing you, it is absolutely impossible to get salary increases/promotions. When promotions do occur, the compensation does not even come close to what it would be if you were an external applicant.

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