Syneos Health reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(3,923 total reviews)

Costa Panagos

66% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Syneos Health has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,923 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 Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Feb 24, 2020

New Name but It is Really still INC

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Pros

Overall, the people I interactive with were nice and hard workers

Cons

With the merger, they said it was going to be a new company but really they are just using INC's procedures/policy/culture. Personally, I don't think management really took time to learn the culture of Inventiv Health and try to incorporate it into this new company. When they got rid of the Line Managers (LM) overnight a year ago, that was the indication that they did not care about truly trying to merge both companies. They put these additional tasks on the CTLs and did not give them adequate support/training. Which caused Inventiv staff that had been working on career advancement with their Line Managers to be left in the dark because the CTLs were not use to that function. So, it looked like the people that did get promoted were from the INC group. Why? Because their CTLs were used to doing both roles. Also, I'm not sure if the company got to big but IT and TMF groups were horrible and just caused more frustration. Sometimes, it felt like no one/no group knew how things were supposed to work. Also, I knew several people that tried to move to different departments and followed the correct process and never heard anything from HR/recruiter or whoever. Not even anything to say their submission had been received or even denied. Nothing. However, we would hear about how many new people they were hiring. The company was more concerned about getting new people instead of helping their current people.

1.0
Oct 30, 2019

Could not get any worse

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There aren't any I have nothing to put here

Cons

layoffs are constant. The person sitting next to you just disappears. If we miss a target no problem the company will take away merits, bonuses, promotions, vacation rollover. Benefits are expensive the employer doesn't pay much more than the employee. A lot of turnover its company wide. Whenever finances fall short the employees pay. Leadership at the top is constantly churning also very unstable. If you need more proof look at the stock price. if you still come here negotiate a high salary because everyone that comes in behind you will always make a lot more. Do not go to HR or you will be pushed out as a complainer.

1.0
Sep 11, 2019

An IPO gone wrong

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedules (provided you "make up" the time whether it be late at night or on the weekends); encouraged and if merited, compensated cross-selling between agencies and practice groups; ability to work on projects outside of your expertise area if you are a hand-raiser.

Cons

Corrupt practice heads who play favorites and talk behind their employees' backs; zero transparency during the merger between inVentiv Health and INC and even less when going public as Syneos; insane focus on billable hours; employees vindicated for taking sick days, which by company policy, are 'unlimited; angry and overworked practice heads and managers make for a very tired practice group who do not know how to help but only to be yelled at and scramble to figure things out; favorites played amongst who gets to go on new business pitches....the list goes on. If you are >5 in to your career you can do well here but don't expect to excel as a senior leader. Oh and, compensation is absolute rubbish compared to other agencies. Bonuses are tied to the overall PR group so if one practice is not high performing, you bear the brunt personally.

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