ICON reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,296 total reviews)
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Barry Balfe

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ICON has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,296 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
Dec 12, 2016

Alliance Partnership is tough

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Pros

If you can survive a year at ICON, you can work anywhere. Having said that, the company is very professional. Follows SOPs & grows employees.

Cons

Pay isn't great unless you bring years of experience. Be prepared to be worked to death.

1.0
Aug 6, 2016

STUDY START UP MANAGEMENT

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Pros

Other departments in Icon seem to be better. Stay away from study start up. Management is ignorant to processes and very rude to employees.

Cons

The New employees coming to this department are leaving in droves. Management does not know how to train and feels humiliation is the key to success. They are nothing more than bullies and are very rude to the new and old staff. Stay away from this department. Do not be tricked into joining the study start up team. Look in another department at Icon or somewhere else.

2.0
May 3, 2016

Principal CRA

Recommend
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Pros

There are some great people in Clin Ops and Data Management. I never thought I would leave.

Cons

All the great teams in the world cannot make up for hiring shortages, which force staff to cover much more than the 'official' 1.0 FTE . Experienced CRAs get placed on too many protocols with competing deadlines, sites are switched frequently and burn - out is a given.

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