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
5.0
Aug 10, 2023

First 90 Days at Fortrea

Recommend
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Pros

Everyone has been very nice and helpful to me. The work is very interesting and I feel that my skills and experience are really appreciated.

Cons

I was given over 200 e-Learning courses to complete for my onboarding. Including many courses that do not apply to my job as a clinical programmer. Like how to process payments from patients. And to finish each course I was required to "verify" myself using 2-step authentication on my phone. It was very tedious.

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Fortrea Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience at Fortrea. We are pleased to hear you like the work environment. We appreciate your feedback, and we will strive to continuously improve our in-depth training, mentoring programs and development opportunities as we help all our employees reach the next level in their careers.
2.0
May 3, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

1. If salaried, Flexible Time Off (FTO) is standard and can be used at any time as long as the work is completed. 2. Since I have worked with the company (Covance turned into LabCorp, which then turned into Fortrea) for the past 5 years, I do have an adequate list of connections within the company and these resources are quite helpful when needing to meet tight deadlines that are expected from the client.

Cons

1. Job security - fear of layoffs 2. No bonuses - merit increases are standard and raises are unheard of outside of promotions, which have not been occurring under LabCorp when the company was LabCorp and the same goes for the current spinoff company, Fortrea. 3. Lack of upward mobility and semi hiring freeze - for example, there are job postings but I am not qualified to apply for a senior scientist or corporate counsel role in India so the posts are not relevant. 4. Health insurance increased this past year and affected all employees but salaries were not adjusted to compensate for this difference. 5. Data-driven and a top-down approach keeps senior management hands-off with making changes for non-executive employees. 6. The company has outsourced our Informed Consent Form Reviewers (and other departments) to India and turnaround time back to the site is slow. I love our teams in Bangalore, but the time difference is affecting deadlines being met.

3.0
Sep 26, 2023

A mess

Recommend
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Pros

Ok insurance, comp is great if you can hit your target, great team and colleagues.

Cons

Can’t hit target. Set up for failure. Very little marketing for name changes (2 in 2 years). More growth expected next year while 90% of BDDs can’t hit target this year. Very little repeat business. CEO doing layoffs instead of being innovative. Promotions are on hold or not available. Culture is not family-friendly or balanced.

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