34 Regional Clinical Research Associate Jobs in Chicago, IL

“Rough place to work”

Pros:  “Good for out of school grads looking for a job”

Cons:  “Not the smartest guys in the world running the show. You will quickly realize you are too smart for the firm.” – Full Review

“No sense of work life balance here”

Pros:  “Interesting work, opportunities to travel, budget and time allocated for staff to attend conferences, nice colleagues (aside from management), great support staff”

Cons:  “Long hours, frequent cycles of staff turnover, lack of training for new hires, upper management without experience in management, lack of mentoring, unfairness in…” – Full Review

“overall great company”

Pros:  “great place to start a healthcare sales career if your a successful B2B rep or even a successful college grad.”

Cons:  “Quintiles is a contract company and contracts end. I myself have been let go twice as well as my wife and they do not call you back to work when new opportunities…” – Full Review

“This is a great organization to learn new skils and attend grad school because the company pays for it.”

Pros:  “Graduate school tuition, great place to learn clinical trial and other enterprise software, also great place to network with clinical trial professionals from all over the…”

Cons:  “My coworkers are often spreadout all over the world so I don't have normal work experience of dealing face to face with coworkers and bosses.” – Full Review

“It's a nice place to work if you don't mind the benefits package.”

Pros:  “The pay is good and the people are friendly. Placements tend to convert to permanent positions, and the other contractors are fun to work with.”

Cons:  “The benefits are absolutely terrible - insurance is exhorbitant, and you only receive 10 days of PTO total during the year, which you accrue at the rate of .83 days…” – Full Review

“The company is great!”

Pros:  “Pay, location, employees, benefits, and people”

Cons:  “long hours, Boring work, and hectic” – Full Review

“A great place to work.”

Pros:  “Fair and friendly management. Good benefits. The U of I is a great place to work. I highly recommend it.”

Cons:  “Budget cuts and the current economy have reduced the number of positions that are available. I worked there during a much more stable economy.” – Full Review

“A very good public school for motivated researchers and scientists”

Pros:  “A lot of scientific facilities, very nice faculties and staffs, good-quality students, close to downtown of Chicago, very convenient transportation”

Cons:  “very often, there is crime alert happening around the campus in the mailbox. It feels like not very safe living in this area.” – Full Review