ICON reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,298 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 5,298 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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2.0
Dec 13, 2016

Had potential to be great...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Dedicated staff, good cooperation at the first line and middle management. Excellent medical benefits. Nice facilities.

Cons

Executive level management in Ireland are not lab people, ICON PLC took over management and ran the place into the ground. Many sponsors bailed after the US based leadership was sacked to save on salaries and centralize control

3.0
Dec 12, 2016

Alliance Partnership is tough

Recommend
CEO approval
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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

Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

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