ICON reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,280 total reviews)
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Barry Balfe

52% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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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1.0
Jan 29, 2021

Avoid. At all costs.

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Pros

The people (depending on your team). Subsidised canteen.

Cons

Where do I start: -Lack of proper onboarding - employees not set up for success - IT equipment is shoddy - laptops are cleared when employees resign and given to next. Often not even cleaned - expect grubby laptops - Management in certain departments inflexible to WFH (covid has shown it can be done but going forward they will not facilitate WFH willingly - Lack of morale due to excessive workloads and long hours - Hierarchies are used to separate employees - Performance doesn’t equal reward and higher ratings are kept largely for managers and above - Turnover level extremely high and work piles on when employees leave - headcount approval for replacement employees is as rare as a unicorn meaning work just gets lumped at employees - lots of favouritism among managers. No 360 feedback. This affects bonus and salary review (although ranges are so low a high rating rarely helps unless you’re senior management) - Company cut salaries without asking employees approval during pandemic Just avoid.

1.0
Jul 9, 2018

Don't let them make you think they value their employees

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Pros

I wish I could think of some.

Cons

Complete lack of communication, constant turnover and management changes, very big corporate culture, no recognition of work well done

2.0
Jan 9, 2017

Snr associate

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Pros

Some great people at icon

Cons

Great people are swimming against a tide of mediocrity.Flooded with Directors who do nothing, with nothing useful to say and even less to contribute. Salarys are poor. Smug icon old timers rely on their past records and brazen their way through while under resourced teams pick up slack. Culture is extremely political and stacked with game players protecting their turf yet who contribute nothing constructive. A soul destroying place therefore at times.

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