ICON reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,302 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 5,302 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 Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Jan 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Fantastic people to work with - Within consulting reasonable hours

Cons

- Not too much travel (and if so, only coach), but some people may count this as a plus - ICON P&MA does exactly that, pricing and market access. Don't expect much variety

3.0
Jan 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Benefits are better than most companies -Fairly autonomous -Great recent grad position (~0% experience needed) -Right position if want to become a CRA -Good work/life balance

Cons

-Limited training -Limited career progression unless want to be a CRA -Peak in learning new things after 6 months -Everyone has a different experience based on their project team/manager in their duties and the new skills they learn -Lower pay

1.0
Jan 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

ICON is a good place to start your career. You will learn so much about how not to do things!

Cons

ICON is too focused on the bottom line even at the expense of quality. It also puts profits over people. Our CEO can lay off people telling them it's for budgetary purposes while the stock price is at record highs and him being the highest paid CEO in Ireland.

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