ICON reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,278 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 5,278 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 25, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Fair compensation, very good benefits, reasonable infrastructure support, versatile organization, good staff in broad disciplinary areas

Cons

Best days seem to be past for ICON perhaps also as consequence of economics, but also related to singular focus upon one aspect of CRO business-large phase clinical trials

3.0
May 20, 2009

Meh....

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a good place to start off to get your feet wet and get experience. You get to wear a lot of hats and see how a lot of other people do their work. People are willing to teach you if they have the time. The benefits are great.

Cons

They overwork you and you don't get paid for it. It's hard for you to find time to take off because you're worried about handing your work off to someone else who might not be able to do your job well. Ridiculous politics when it comes to promotion and hiring from outside instead of promoting people who have proven themselves.

2.0
Mar 20, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work there was the mission of Clinical Research. It was a very interesting job. I think clinical research is very important because it is how new products get sent to the FDA for approval and put on the market.

Cons

People are very back stabbing and two faced. The communication from upper management was not good. The turn over rate is extremely high which made moral low. Management does not listen to complaints - they make excuses and turn blame elsewhere.

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