Is Syneos Health a good company to work for?

Syneos Health has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,837 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Syneos Health to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Syneos Health have been left by employees working as Diabetes Sales Specialist , Intern and Clinical Research Associate II .

Does Syneos Health pay their employees well?

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

How satisfied are employees working at Syneos Health ?

67% of Syneos Health employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Syneos Health 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Syneos Health ?

Sales Representative (128) , Project Specialist (119) , Project Manager (106) , Clinical Research Associate (88) , Senior CRA (80) , CRA I (56) , Manager (55) , Senior Clinical Research Associate (54) , Director (52) , Senior Project Specialist (52) , Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative (50) , Associate Director (48) , CRA II (41) , Clinical Trial Manager (37) , Analyst (32)

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

"Flexibility and good work life balance" ((in 304 reviews)); "Good culture and great for growth within Syneos or beyond." ((in 179 reviews)); "Benefits are good and most people work remotely" ((in 177 reviews)); "Great people and a lot of talent" ((in 175 reviews)); "The pay was good and there was plenty of work." ((in 126 reviews))

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

"When you have poor management your team fails because orders are just sent down without thought or consideration" ((in 160 reviews)); "Salary is low and yearly increase is super low" ((in 135 reviews)); "No timely promotions and no bonus part" ((in 102 reviews)); "Lack of decision making by upper management." ((in 38 reviews)); "There is no diversity and multi" ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Syneos Health layoffs in 2026?

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

What Syneos Health locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Cincinnati , Seattle , Newark , San Antonio , Kansas City , Houston , New Brunswick , Detroit , Oklahoma City , Portland

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Syneos Health reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(3,925 total reviews)

Costa Panagos

66% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

3.3

Career opportunities

Syneos Health has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,925 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Syneos Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews

1.0

Apr 6, 2019

Do your research before accepting a position

Individual contributor

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Pros

- New Building - On-site Cafe - Collaborative workspace cubicle design ONLY

Cons

- Even though the cubicles and offices are designed for collaborative work, management consistently deters social interactions in the break areas - whether friendly or professional. - Management (legacy-INC) sees everyone as a number and makes every attempt to micro-manages work time. - The 'trusted process' model is a regurgitation of existing industry Common Knowledge - nothing special! - A good portion of the contracts awarded consists of tasks that major players in the industry would never touch. - The culture is legacy-INC (Syneos is an INC Research company)... again, do your research!!! - There is NO career growth unless your in the right click; promotions are not based on performance reviesw or your contributions to the organization. - High turnover continues to be an issue for the company. - Lots of recently promoted under-qualified associate directors - these people were obviously in the right click.

1.0

Feb 5, 2019

Stay far away from this trainwreck

Anonymous employee

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I don’t have anything to say about my experience that has anything positive attached to it. How about this? THEY WILL LET ANYONE BE A MANAGER, EVEN THE INCOMPETENT AND DELUSIONAL

Cons

My manager was AWFUL. Awful awful awful. You couldn’t pay me to go back. Nightmares.

2.0

Sep 13, 2022

Good Experience, Poor Internal Support

Anonymous employee

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Pros

They have contracts with all the best pharma companies.

Cons

HR is non-existent. If you ever have a benefits question or anything related to HR it never gets appropriately answered. There's not really a central contact. You have to use an inundated AskSyndi program on Syneos website and converse with what seems to be a bot. Was misled about the health benefits when my original offer came in. The Health benefits are not good. To achieve a full 401k match you typically have to take on a second, even third Syneos contract after your original is up. Most of their systems are outdated. I'm on my 5th month on my contract and still don't have my company vehicle (still in rental).

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