good first job, reputable firm, overall great people - Anonymous employee ICF Employee Review

4.0
Mar 25, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good reputation in industry, hires junior staff directly out of school (generally there is a decent social environment amount junior staff, at least in Fairfax), can have decently high-profile/interesting work. Some of the leaders at ICF are extremely smart.

Cons

2% annual raise? Really? Might as well just flat-out say that "increases in compensation are commensurate with inflation". Also, too many layers. RA, analyst, associate, sr. associate, manager, sr. manager, principal, vp, svp. 9 layers.

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