Corporate Confusion and Political Jockeying - Anonymous employee Syneos Health Employee Review

Incredibly bright minds and other conscientious employees are overworked, underpaid, and micromanaged relentlessly until they burn out; tens of thousands of projects are understaffed at the expense of employees being guilted and harangued about staying billable so headcount is kept at a bare minimum and contractors are utilized to make the books look good for the short term even though reliable, competent employees being utilized at a reasonable level on a consistent basis would be the law of averages if head count wasn't managed as the only way to cut budget and increase revenue; dozens of clients would be be better served by more efficient processes, less red tape and back-door politicking and corporate gerrymandering, and products would get from lab to life more efficiently by reducing the "CYA" and "done is better than perfect" mentality that is prevalent.