ICON reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,299 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 5,299 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
Dec 12, 2015

Minimal Pay Increases

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits although they gave decreased over the last 10 years since I started working at this company.

Cons

Yearly pay in increases are very minimal. Usually only a 2-3 % raise although the CEO posts record profits throughout the Company quarterly. Management chooses to review metrics for annual performance using goals that are almost impossible to achieve. Department is given a very low budget in which to provide raises and promotions so only very few people are able to get promoted even though they meet the criteria.

3.0
Oct 1, 2015

Icon - decent place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great, smart, hardworking people. Company strives to be innovative and offers really solid compensation packages.

Cons

Starting in 2011-2012 the company became to geocentric and would only place Irish staff in leadership positions.

1.0
Aug 24, 2015

CTA

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance and benefits were ok. PTO was awesome 3 weeks starting out.

Cons

EVERYTHING. management was awful and lacking. NO proper training. Sponsors were demanding and no real deadlines set until right before they're due. EU/APAC CTAs did nothing to help the US CTA or studies. NO career advancement for 1+ years (closer to 2)

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