Syneos Health reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,932 total reviews)

Costa Panagos

67% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Syneos Health has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,932 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews
2.0
Jun 22, 2020

Nope!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility/WFH, Holiday Shutdown between Christmas and New Years, Salary was good

Cons

Health insurance expensive. Onsite cafeteria quality and customer service rapidly went downhill during my time there. Workload insane and heavy. It was common to start Sunday to get on top of the week before things piled up even more. Early meetings, late meetings, all day meetings! After hours was when you were able to do your other actual work which means NO work life balance. No respect as a Lead like other functional areas (Data Management, Safety, etc...), yet twice the workload. The TMF department was despised by the internal teams and the company. Part of this is bc TMF can be rigorous and time consuming but a big part of that is due to ineffective and vague processes decided by "Leadership". Don't point this out though, you will be labeled as a "complainer" even though you see where the issue lies and offer solutions. The ideal TMF Lead for them is taking the lumps from everyone and not saying a word. Someone martyr like. These are just my observations. If this sounds like a fit for you- go right ahead and apply!

5.0
Jun 19, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well organized company that takes care of there employees. Good work like balance.

Cons

Not many mentors, management sometimes can be distant.

3.0
Apr 27, 2020

OK for starting out

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent company for someone starting their career. They will pretty much hire anyone with little experience. Week off between Christmas and New Years is nice. The corporate/commercial side gets treated better than clinical.

Cons

No tuition assistance, salary is sub par for industry, health insurance not the best. I left after 2.5 years for a smaller CRO who was able to offer better pay, better benefits and more vacation. Your PTO is lumped into 15 days, which includes sick/personal time. If you’re out for a week with the flu, you only have two weeks vacation left for the year. Associate directors and above get discretionary PTO. Must be nice. Only 7 paid holidays vs industry standard of 10. HR and on boarding is very distant. Employment contingent upon passing drug/background test. Transferring roles internally is a pain. Management is very scatter brained and training can be a nightmare. Pretty much initiation by fire. I worked in both early phase and clinical and project managers on both sides had no clue what they doing. When I worked on the clinical side, they hired someone on my team with absolutely no science background to help with very technical, patient facing clinical documents. Yikes. If your work is billable, they expect billable hours up to 90%. Make sure you’re staying busy or management will be on your case.

Viewing 160 - 162 of 3,932 Reviews

Glassdoor has 4,847 Syneos Health reviews submitted anonymously by Syneos Health employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Syneos Health is right for you.