Fortrea reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(841 total reviews)
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Anshul Thakral

60% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Fortrea has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 841 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortrea employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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841 reviews
2.0
Feb 13, 2024
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Pros

This CRO company spun off of LabCorp Drug Development (formally Covance) and does offer decent incentives to employees including FTO. Good mix of clients and management style. For the most part open and flexible to improvements.

Cons

The company terminated seven people including myself and my line manager here in the US with no warning last September (2023). A brief and brutal exit interview was staged citing a "workforce reduction" due to financial issues. Following that conversation It was extremely difficult to achieve ANY communication with the appointed HR rep. She did NOT acknowledge our emails! I had to eventually reach out to the Director of Data Management to expedite our severance packages. Additional FU with the IT dept. through another admin was necessary to get my company hardware (laptop) returned. The company has NO contact phone number and appears to hide from the public. It took about 2 months to resolve all this mess. It was disgraceful. I would advise any applicants to be careful about applying here.

2.0
Feb 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits Interesting work Good time off policy Good pay

Cons

IT is non responsive and not in the US Spin off managed really poorly so there are so many systems issues that never get addressed People get laid off suddenly Expense reporting policies and procedures are impossible to follow, new system is somehow even harder and more tedious than the last system Bonus stopped No per diem for food, now we need receipts even less than $25 Pointless emails from upper management Not getting new business so who knows if I’ll have a job tomorrow Contracts written so poorly that it makes my job harder Told not to bill client for client-specific work

1.0
Feb 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible time off because you do not have a set amount that you can use like PTO. You have unlimited time off if you are salary. Project teams are supportive and nice

Cons

Layoffs recently occurred where project coordinators were impacted, and they were required to train newly hired personnel to take over their jobs because they can pay the newer team members less money. You do not have Worklife balance because the workload is extensive. No training class available where you can learn in a classroom setting. You learn on the go and by online learning courses No merit increase Frequent changes in executive leadership

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