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 296 reviews)); "Benefits are good and most people work remotely" ((in 180 reviews)); "Great people and a lot of talent" ((in 177 reviews)); "I was in INC research before it merged with Health Inventiv .Good culture and good people ." ((in 176 reviews)); "The pay was good and there was plenty of work." ((in 123 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 161 reviews)); "Salary is low and yearly increase is super low" ((in 131 reviews)); "No timely promotions and no bonus part" ((in 105 reviews)); "Lack of decision making by upper management." ((in 39 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs since the acquisition in 2023" ((in 39 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

Item: Syneos Health
Rating: 1
Author: Former employee - Medical Writer

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

1.0

Jan 21, 2022

I cannot recommend it at this time.

Senior cra iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

TBH very few right now, the company underwent a huge cultural and organizational shift in January 2018 when it became Syneos Health.

Cons

When the company changed from INC Research to Syneos Health in January 2018 there was a huge cultural and organizational shift. To the point almost all logins have been changed to one's employee number, literally just a number. The Pandemic, Vaccine Mandate, and Labor Shortage have caused a huge shortfall in personnel and a greater shortage in personnel that are not burnt out and at their wits end., some studies have 1 or 0 CRAs. It is not uncommon, then the overloaded clinical teams are judged for a poor performance, though not given the resources.

1.0

Apr 13, 2019

Terrible management in General Medicine. Former INC staff lost out after the merger.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hard to think of something.

Cons

After the merger, former INC employees lost a floating holiday, benefits increased in cost, PTO earning schedule changed and impacted employees who had been there less than 3 years. Sabbatical earning changed and not for the good. No consistency in departments. General Medicine is a terrible and toxic environment!

1.0

Apr 11, 2019

You can find a better opportunity

Medical writer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to work from home

Cons

Very little training and development. Expectations are not in line with professional development or training provided. Culture is non-existent. Morale is brought down by a bullying culture. Managers will not be direct with you about performance and growth. Promotions from within are non-existent. Recruiters will tell you that Syneos has the lowest pay rates in the industry.

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