Does ICON pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ICON employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ICON. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ICON?

64% of ICON employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ICON 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ICON?

Clinical Research Associate (236) , Project Manager (192) , Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA) (180) , Senior CRA (178) , CRA I (158) , Clinical Trial Manager (115) , Clinical Trial Assistant (110) , Project Associate (108) , Study Start-Up Associate (73) , Drug Safety Associate (72) , CRA (70) , Senior Clinical Research Associate (69) , In House CRA (60) , CRA II (55) , Clinical Research Associate II (53)

What are the pros of working at ICON according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits although they gave decreased over the last 10 years since I started working at this company." ((in 368 reviews)); "Good work life balance and all good" ((in 366 reviews)); "There are really great people that work for ICON and I love being in the team that I am in." ((in 245 reviews)); "Great team as far as the LM and CRA team" ((in 165 reviews)); "Managers were great and always open to place you somewhere else if you weren't happy in the current role." ((in 141 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ICON according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management with no vision." ((in 220 reviews)); "For all this reasons trying to make career starting as SMA requires many years of hard work and low salaries." ((in 207 reviews)); "No bonus in the strategic solutions side and promotions harder to achieve as need embedded employer agreement" ((in 178 reviews)); "Low pay and highly reliant on client investments" ((in 171 reviews)); "Very heavy workload and they are doing lots of layoffs to long term loyal employees in the US and Canada then re" ((in 49 reviews))

What are employees saying about ICON layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ICON layoffs and their outlook for job security at ICON in 2026.

What are the top reviewed ICON locations?

Buenos Aires , Munro , San Isidro

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3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,280 total reviews)

Barry Balfe

52% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

ICON has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,280 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ICON employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Farmacéutica y biotecnología industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews

2.0

Jun 30, 2014

Nice place to start out, but definitely no place to grow

Clinical research assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great way to get your foot in the door of pharma

Cons

No opportunity to grow at all. Promised opportunities, strung along for years. I also felt like the environment felt clique-ish.

4.0

Jun 29, 2014

Great culture in place; need to work on better talent retention

Clinical trial manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Values & Culture. Respect personal needs and provide flexibility. Invest in training for its employees. Seek for continuous improvement and take the steps towards it.

Cons

Changes are sometimes not timely and clearly communicated.

3.0

Jun 25, 2014

About one year here

Cdms programming lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice and subsidized canteen, Social Club organizes monthly a varied agenda with fun activties, Car Park for employees, Decent Salary, Cycle to Work scheme on, Flexi time -starting time is any time from 7 -10 am as long as you stay 8.5 hours in , Employees manage their own time. Big corporate culture

Cons

Little opportunity for career progression, Distant from city centre, very industry specific ( pharmaceutical & clinical trial research)

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