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 ?

68% 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 (42) , 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)); "Benefits are good and most people work remotely" ((in 183 reviews)); "Great people and a lot of talent" ((in 173 reviews)); "I was in INC research before it merged with Health Inventiv .Good culture and good people ." ((in 173 reviews)); "The pay was good and there was plenty of work." ((in 117 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 163 reviews)); "Salary is low and yearly increase is super low" ((in 141 reviews)); "Upper management do not care to hear employee concerns about manager" ((in 40 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs since the acquisition in 2023" ((in 33 reviews)); "poor communication, lots of change" ((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

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,929 total reviews)

Costa Panagos

67% approve of CEO

56% 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 3,929 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

Aug 30, 2018

Working day

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I honestly can't think of any.

Cons

Overburn on staff Far too much manual process demotivating and devaluing the team Managers out of touch with no leadership

1.0

Jun 5, 2018

Senior Clinical Research Associate

Senior clinical research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The salary and benefits are great.

Cons

Very cut throat. There is no team work and if you're not ready to kiss #%#@ then you will feel like management is against you. Be ready to work over 50 hrs/week.

4.0

May 10, 2018

Project Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice overall culture, love most people that I have worked with in this company

Cons

At times, amount of work is overwhelming and hard to keep calm/up at various stages of handling multiple studies

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