Pros
The pay is competitive, which is why most CRA’s move to ICON from other CRO’s and biotech companies (like i did). However, I have never met a happy CRA with ICON. Never. All of us are burnt out and depressed, and have double the workload of a normal CRA with another CRO. there is no work to life balance at all, and the management is very awful. only reason i’m with the company still is because my year ends in a couple of months and i will have to pay back a hefty sign on bonus if i leave before then. unless you are okay with working weekends and until midnight most week nights, i don’t recommend this job. the management doesn’t care about you - i had a panic attack because of the work load and my manager blamed it on me. no, i don’t have a history of anxiety. i will say they have great health insurance and probably other benefits that i’ve had little to no time to explore.
Cons
everything else other than the salary. i literally impulsively shop just to find a crumb of joy with working with this terrible company.