PRA Health Sciences was better - IT Applications Analyst ICON Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues in IT, and Managers too. Very flexible with time off and work from home. The overall vibe of the company is they mean well, and clinical research orgs do so much to better our healthcare.

Cons

They play the corporate game well. Execs and Board cover their tails and pay themselves very well (hundreds times more than their lowest paid employees, I'm sure). Communication across business units or even within divisions of business units not great. Tech platforms and systems were not as good as PRAHS's. Lots of layoffs across many departments and business units; while (in IT anyway), dropping so many people led to spreading retained staff way too thin.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Really great manager. Remote work major plus. No micro management. Great pay

Cons

Annual salary increase this year isn't until September which is odd.

4.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits including PTO, health care and other benefits.

Cons

Very much a brother-in-law feel when it comes to promotions and praise. If you aren't in the cool club, you will be shunned and left out. Management also makes business decisions without understanding the niche part of the various industries.

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