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?

63% 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 (234) , Project Manager (192) , Clinical Trial Assistant (CTA) (179) , Senior CRA (177) , CRA I (157) , 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 (59) , 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 369 reviews)); "There are really great people that work for ICON and I love being in the team that I am in." ((in 241 reviews)); "Great team work and I feel like I can talk comfortably around everyone I work with" ((in 171 reviews)); "Managers were great and always open to place you somewhere else if you weren't happy in the current role." ((in 149 reviews)); "Great colleagues and FM very supportive." ((in 135 reviews))

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

"Poor management with no vision." ((in 217 reviews)); "For all this reasons trying to make career starting as SMA requires many years of hard work and low salaries." ((in 204 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 176 reviews)); "Massive layoffs company" ((in 53 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.

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3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,268 total reviews)

Barry Balfe

51% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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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 5,268 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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3.0

Aug 18, 2010

Good training ground on learning how to handle pressure and working to your maximum capacity

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Pros

- good support from senior management - exposure to many different facets of clinical research - good training ground - if you can work with ICON, you can easily adapt with other companies

Cons

- people as resources are very thinly stretched out to cover as many tasks as possible - no bonus scheme for non-managerial staff -- managers seem to get all the perks

4.0

May 24, 2010

Growing in quantity, not quality

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Friendly atmosphere accross the company Employees well informed about all important matters by the most Senior Management Salary package at the top when compared with other CROs

Cons

Promotions not clear. It takes a long time to get promoted in comparison with other CROs. Does not really seem the promotions would be related to performance. People overworked. Company growing too quickly and the quality seems to not mach the speed of the growth at all. Lack of F2F training.

4.0

May 10, 2010

ICON Clinical Research Italy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

-flexible work location (office,home-based,50/50) -comprehensive training program -regular communications from senior management -regular line manager meetings -friendly, non-competitive work environment

Cons

-career advancement is slow -lacks wellness benefit (i.e. subsidized gym membership) -subsidized lunch ticket amount low -lack of electronic trial master file system

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