ICON reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,305 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 5,305 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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5K reviews
2.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance. Lots of opportunities to move internally. Good if you get made redundant, they help you find a new role while continuing to pay you

Cons

Say you get a yearly pay increase but the most I’ve heard people get is 1%. Only get statutory maternity leave. If you want to move internally some managers don’t like it so you feel like you can’t apply for jobs. Constantly making redundancies. Pretend to care about the employees but do nothing to make people want to stay

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