You know you're in trouble when the unofficial slogan is "The grass is not always greener on the other side". - CRA ICON Employee Review

2.0
Nov 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Onsite parking. -Great networking opportunities due to the constant staff influx/efflux. -Some staff are genuine hard workers.

Cons

-Lack of vision from management who don't listen to their staff but instead waste time on arbitrary 'emotional intelligence' meetings. -Far too many studies/sites per CRA. Expect studies to be constantly reshuffled too. -Payment system is extremely flawed. Expect to wait months before invoices get paid. -Sites often will get frustrated with you from the get go due site payment issues and the fact that you're probably the fourth CRA they've seen in a year. -CTMS is a dinosaur. -Metrics, metrics, metrics! This company only cares about increasing days onsite so their sponsors keep on doing business with them. CRAs therefore will have their FTE spread over as many studies as possible to keep their sponsor's costs down. -Promotions are given to undeserving workers (sometimes). -Pay is below industry standard.

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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
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong Leadership, Fair/Average compensation, Thrive Program (company strives to keep you employeed as Sponsor reallocations occur)

Cons

HR is very hands off. It is very difficult to speak to anyone. Not simple to call and ask a question. Everything has to go through a portal. This is challenging when there is time sensitive needs. They make it work but in my opinion, this is a 'con'.

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