ICON reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,268 total reviews)
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Barry Balfe

51% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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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5K reviews
1.0
Mar 10, 2020

Toxic

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not much other than learning how a company/job site should not be run, especially one that is in an industry that should be focused on the lives of patients.

Cons

It’s difficult to know where to start, critical thinkers are extremely undervalued, there is very clear favoritism. None of the groups want to work together and there is constant blaming and shaming when things don’t go as planned and never any praise when good work is done. The pressure on the lab is immense and there isn’t any clear direction on projects. Some of the members of management are narcissistic and have no problem lying about others to make themselves look better. The work being done is decreasing in quality due to the amount of pressure for perfection that exists from top to bottom. It doesn’t seem like it will ever get better. There is no other place to work in the field in the area and upper management know it and take advantage of people they view as being “stuck” in the area and severely underpay them. I would not recommend anyone to work here, even my worst enemies. This place is terrible, you’d be better off moving to where there are more jobs than to waste your time working here.

2.0
Apr 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible schedule that you can pick, benefits are great

Cons

Like any other company the CTA management pretends that they value you and your professional development but they don't. Management will say you have to wait 12 months to apply for another position within the company. They will send out emails discouraging you from applying and then turn around and let people with less experience and education that they like apply for positions without having worked for the company for 12 months. The pay is terrible. Mostly everyone who is not married or who has not been there long has two jobs just to sustain themselves.

1.0
Jan 31, 2019

Moral Compass is broken

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some flexibility in working hours.

Cons

If you want to work in a company that has strong values and ethics, ICON is not the place to go. From leadership downwards, bullying and cronyism is encouraged and nurtured. The money makers are allowed act in whatever they want regardless of impact to rest of their teams. Don’t expect any support from HR, very weak organisation who will never stand by the employee.

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