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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1.0
May 2, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The industry is interesting. A lot of the regular workers were good poeple, nice to work with. My boss, middle management, was great. He left too.

Cons

THe executives are in it for themselves, they make decisions based on what will make him/her more money personally. They did not listed to the ideas of their staff. The senior management did not exemplify leadership in any way. They made many poor decisions regarding their people, in my opinion. Some of the senior management at other locations were very immature, and not educated about basic management such as OT laws. Most people have unrealistic workloads. This was a common problem I heard and witnessed often.

1.0
Apr 18, 2012

Run a mile

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I received experience in my field and I have learned a lot from my colleagues. But I would never recommend anyone to work in the company, it's not worth your health Physical or mental

Cons

Underpaid Over worked Micro-managed to death Never work for this company If you want to progress your career or if you would like a work environment that doesn’t have a clicky school yard feel to it then don’t work here You should be rated on your skills and your work ethic. It shouldn’t be based on who's scratching who’s back, who like who better or If your VP is in a different country or not

4.0
Apr 10, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

pleasant work environment, flexible schedule, supportive management, opportunity for travel, opportunity for personal and professional growth, a good place to get started in the industry.

Cons

starting salary in this position is low, there are no bonuses, the annual increase is next to nothing (1-2%), traveling takes over your life, submitting expense reports is insanely time consuming, sponsors are constantly trying to cut study budgets.

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