Synergy Medical Reviews

3.2

60% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)
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Nina Hinchcliffe and Ailsa Stewart

72% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Synergy Medical has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Synergy Medical employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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41 reviews
2.0
25 Nov 2015

Used to be a great company....

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Pros

The people here are some of the most fun, creative folks you'll ever work with. The company does a lot of events and activities under the guise of "team training", but it's almost always focused more on everyone having fun together & blowing off steam. It can be a great opportunity to grow closer to people with whom you will occasionally butt heads in the office.

Cons

This company has forgotten how to treat people fairly. The woman who founded the company stepped down in Dec 2014 a few years after being bought out by a much larger, publicly traded company. The parent company has no vested interest in the actual PEOPLE who helped make this company what it was. The new president is a super nice person, but she is completely inept as a leader. And the culture has changed so that now your ability as a cheerleader carries more weight than your skills at your job or your loyalty, devotion & hard work. Pay raises are capped at 3%, and be prepared to jump thru every hoop and dance like a monkey in an attempt to score that 3%.....But it won't matter. They'll give you a story about why they just can't justify anything more, and then they'll explain how they're going to need a whole lot more work from you this year. And maybe next year, if we hit our goals, maybe you'll see a more substantial raise. Ironically they miss revenue goals set by the parent company and they do tons of work for which they don't charge the clients. Kind of contradictory and disheartening. AND don't expect any guidance from upper management about what's expected of you. They're too busy bowing to the parent company and trying to coddle the demanding, high-maintenance, unappreciative clients.

2.0
24 Oct 2017

Be careful - you might be in for a nasty surprise

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Pros

1) Some friendly staff, but high staff turnover (wonder why?) 2) Management nice on the surface (but it's all fake) 3) Small perks during the week (ice cream, chocolate bars, breakfast) 4) Good environment for learning clinical science skills.

Cons

1) You get criticised for asking questions - better to keep quiet in your cubicle and not ask any questions, as management will criticise you for it later. 2) Management has no human touch and hides away from face-to-face discussions. 3) Unreliable management that does not stick to performance review format that they themselves have introduced. 4) Poor training. 5) Very poor support from management overall - you mean nothing to them. 6) Anonymous feedback via line manager with no follow-up or chance to learn/improve from feedback. Feedback often delayed by several weeks. 7) As feedback is anonymous, it breeds an air of mistrust, as you never know who might snitch on you in the future. 8) Staff seems fearful of airing grievances and just keep their heads down.

1.0
16 Dec 2014

Zero Promotions, Catty Management, Low Yearly Salary Increases

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Pros

The office space is neat. Good benefits.

Cons

Management is extremely catty and fake. Yearly increase is only about .5%-2% depending on how well you can suck up to top management. You will only be successful if the managers like you personally... Your actual job performance has little to do with your success. Long hours. Extremely less than average pay. (65k for someone with a PhD?!) some people have been in the same position for 8+ years and never received a promotion.

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