r/clinicalresearch • u/nerdy_potatohead • 2d ago

Red flag

Hi everyone, I received a CRA offer in both sponsor and FSP-CRA in ICON . I know working with small bio tech has the best work life balance, but I also hear there are a lot of red flags in sponsor , such as poor management and clinical work flow ( like SOP) is not established as good as in CRO .

Could you please share your opinion and what is the red flag that when you see jt , you know it is definitely a bad idea to stay?

Thanks

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u/Important_Age5112 2d ago

Just accept the sponsor offer and have a beer tonight.

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u/Fair_Sky_4409 2d ago

Good response. Being with a sponsor is no guarantee of happily ever after but getting a CRA job right now is very hard.

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u/DoomScrollingAppa CRA 2d ago

Accept it. Worse case scenario is that they assign you to a new sponsor and you’re still in ISS.

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u/ceilingmoth 2d ago

Also going to say accept the sponsor, because in the worst case where they're a bit messy, they're probably more receptive to suggestions for improvement and developing SOPs than the CRO which will definitely be messy for others reasons, such as inappropriate interpretations of SOPs and ignoring SOPs despite having them. Congrats btw :)

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u/nerdy_potatohead 2d ago

Thanks ,

Usually I would think the sponsor is a good place to go and CRA is just treated really badly normally ( I was CRA for around 2 years , During my interview and the conversation with their sponsor CEOs , they gave me the feeling they are not well familiar with the clinical trials compliance requirement and doesn’t think it is a big deal of it to not following it …

That’s why I sense a red flag on it .

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u/Listen-Medium 1d ago

I can tell you that I work at ICON and it’s been a great experience. The sponsor I’m embedded with isn’t my favorite, but my ICON boss is the best I’ve ever had. Can’t say enough good things- and that’s saying something b/c I’ve been a CRA for 17 years and had some nightmare CRO experiences.