Worst company I have ever worked for! STAY AWAY!!! - Director ICON Employee Review

1.0
Dec 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

It's better than going hungry, I suppose. A guy's gotta eat.

Cons

Senior leadership (up through and including the CEO) are completely incompetent. The "culture" is terrible. My company had the misfortune of recently being acquired by ICON (it was not my choice to join this company). Every decision ICON leadership has made since the merger has been terrible. It would be difficult to screw up this badly, even on purpose. There's a reason why ICON has such a terrible reputation in the CRO industry (along with IQVIA). My recommendation is to stay far away from ICON, and work anywhere else if you have an option. I am aggressively interviewing with other companies - many other people in my org are doing the same.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Really great manager. Remote work major plus. No micro management. Great pay

Cons

Annual salary increase this year isn't until September which is odd.

2.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very little pros to working here other than it's very easy to stay under the radar. The work load is light.

Cons

Very little room for growth, eventually got laid off because ICON over hired too many CRAs it could handle. The CRA bridge program was supposed to be only 3-6 months but people we not able to promote despite being there for 2+ years

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