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INC Research

Now known as Syneos Health

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INC Research Reviews

3.2

60% would recommend to a friend

(475 total reviews)
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Alistair Macdonald

81% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

INC Research has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 475 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The INC Research employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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475 reviews
2.0
27 Jun 2016

OK to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

allows good work life balance

Cons

remuneration not according to the market value

2.0
7 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall, the company seems to be a healthy, growing CRO. They have your basic benefits and the PTO is reasonable. They also shut down over Christmas so that is nice.

Cons

I have been treated like a 6 year old twice in my life. Once, when I was 6 years old. The second time was during my time at INC Research. I left an excellent job because I thought this would be a good move for me. I voluntarily left, without a backup plan, in less than a year because of the worst management team I have ever experienced or even heard about. Examples of the fun you will be introduced to if you join the Sponsor Contracts Change Orders team: 1.Managers who openly gossip about their direct reports to other employees. 2.Managers who share confidential information with other managers, when the employee has no clue this information is being shared. 3.Managers who sell the idea of working from home after your probationary period, but then take the offer off the table once you are in the door. 4.Managers who have inappropriate relationships with staff members. 5.Managers that pretend to walk down the hall to get something off the printer, when they are actually taking notes to see who is at their desk and who is not…but then they come and go as they please (kind of comical at times because they leave papers shuffled on their desk and their desk lights on in order to appear like they are still at work). 6.Managers who assign work out to people based on who they like or don’t like – purposely overburdening certain people so they can call them out on deadlines later. I could go on and on. This team of managers must have been the kids that got picked on in high school and now they want to take it out on the world. Usually, you find one or two people in a group like this but this place has a whole team like it.

2.0
2 Jun 2015

Growing Too Fast

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellent PTO and holiday pay (extra week from Christmas to New Year in addition to regular PTO). Friendly people. Flexible scheduling, availablity to work from home when needed. Good for newcomers looking to enter CRO industry.

Cons

Low salary compared to rest of industry. Promotes a culture of blame instead of a culture of problem-solving. Over promise and under deliver to customers, which creates a lot of stress on project teams. Lack of follow through on promotions and raises No bonus or incentives; recognition programs in place are childish and provide no actual incentive. Lack of resourcing, most departments are understaffed and employees are expected to "pick up the slack" for an indefinite period of time, which doesn't seem to be ending. Like most companies, promotion and recognition is political - those that get the most face time with upper management get promotions while those that stick their nose to the grindstone and actually complete the work are awarded with more work.

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