ICON reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,315 total reviews)
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Barry Balfe

54% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

ICON has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,315 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 4, 2014

You must be Irish to get senior roles

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent company top 5 CRO

Cons

Basically if you are Irish you will get top spots. Amazing that a Global company takes its leaders from a country the size of Connecticut. Let's face it, Ireland doesn't really have a Pharma industry. Net result, bad and untalented leadership team. Look at the Irish guy they just put in charge of Business Development - he is an accountant, can't make it up, but he is Irish so there you go.

1.0
Nov 24, 2014

Users

Recommend
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Pros

1) Great Hi-Tech integration 2) Location of office 3) Remote Access

Cons

1) Directors point fingers at others & fail to listen to themselves on the phone 2) Everyone walks around like it's the CIA, can't talk without someone thinking... 3) Ireland based, Mgr spend 3 hours weekly pushing reports after they've been filtered

1.0
Nov 19, 2014

Stagnant

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None may have the potential of learning if they have staff and time to train

Cons

Over worked and no career growth

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