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 (79) , 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 298 reviews)); "I was in INC research before it merged with Health Inventiv .Good culture and good people ." ((in 183 reviews)); "Great people and a lot of talent" ((in 166 reviews)); "Benefits are good and most people work remotely" ((in 165 reviews)); "The pay was good and there was plenty of work." ((in 115 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 165 reviews)); "No bonus pay incentive but expect you to work 50" ((in 91 reviews)); "Lack of decision making by upper management." ((in 40 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs since the acquisition in 2023" ((in 34 reviews)); "These have still not occurred this year and there is no plan or communication to do so." ((in 27 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.

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Syneos Health reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(3,919 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 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,919 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 Pharmazeutika & Biotechnologie industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

2.0

Feb 3, 2019

Merger didn’t help

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Home-based. Some flexibility. Pretty decent source templates (but they’re virtually impossible to find).

Cons

Poor management. Little to no positive feedback provided by line managers or higher level personnel. Huge pay discrepancy that is “swept under the carpet” when HR/Management is informed. Not a great word to use but I have been lied to and when I call them out on the lies, there is no productive feedback. Just “well this is the way it’s going to be” Internal intranet is worthless. I have taken upwards of 15-30 minutes trying to find a document - many times. It’s a huge time waster. And that search includes asking others for assistance.

2.0

Dec 4, 2018

I hope you like layoffs

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Several nice colleagues; week off between Christmas and New Year's

Cons

People are treated as expendables. When finances don't match up to the targets communicated to Wall Street, headcount is reduced. Averaged about one layoff per year. Good hardworking people are escorted out the door, yet many toxic employees are allowed to stay. No approval/money given to managers/directors to travel to offices to meet their direct reports in other cities/countries. Very little to no approval/money allotted for professional development. Lots of different systems (many of which are homegrown) that supposedly captured the same information (eg, resource allocation, unit forecasting, project database, metrics); when new systems are rolled out, the old ones are not retired, which results in lots of frustration, especially when the systems produce different results. It's impossible to deal with all the administrative work caused by these systems and yet also remain 90% billable.

2.0

Jul 2, 2018

Like every CRO they over work you, since the merger it’s even worse.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Your colleagues, outside of management are good people.

Cons

After the merger all they are doing is number crunching. They don’t care a bit about their employees.

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