ICF reviews

The higher-up management in the Accounting and Finance Department lack integrity and are treating their direct staff as if they cannot be trusted. There is also a consistent poor downstream communication. This poor or more often lack of communication has lead over time to creating "silos" across various groups which in turn causes people to not work well together or often the opposite. There is a very low and bad morale - adding to this, people being fired on the spot in a certain group of the organization is only adding on to the overall bad morale. In addition, there seem to be a line up for spreading rumors to damage someone’s reputation. There are groups within the organization who are responsible for major new systems project implementations, however, most of the leaders including the sponsors have neither logged into the new system nor have the specialized knowledge to lead and implement such major projects. However, they are best in practicing plagiarism of someone else ideas and credit-taking for someone's work.

ICF puts profits over people, every time. Prepare for a hostile work environment, including harassment, and nothing done about it, in the name of profits. Budget overages, project delays, and negative client feedback are all blamed on lower level employees, who cannot combat the blame because it’s coming from the managers and people in power. Managers are not invested in their employees. I worked there for almost 3 years… my manager thought I was a new hire, and when I corrected her, she berated me for being combative and defensive. Managers and clients have commented on appearances (your hair is too short for a woman, those earrings are too big, etc) but keep their own cameras off. My manger would often take off for hours at a time (sometimes 7 hours), then contact me and other colleagues later at night or early in the morning to fit her schedule. She would not be available during regular business hours when needed and would only allow contact via email, which made her virtually unreachable. Specifically, many managers (not all, but many) will sow discord amongst their underlings to incite competition, which they think leads to faster product development and reduced cost. Expect to be gas-lighted, and accosted with negative criticism with no specifics on ways to improve, as opposed to constructive feedback that gives you room to grow. If you ask for specific examples on improvement and work performance, managers will respond that you are unable to take criticism and use that as an excuse not to promote you or give you a fair market raise. Be prepared to be asked to do tasks beyond your skill level or job description, just so the company can save a few bucks and keep project bids low. You are expected to adhere to budgetary and hourly restrictions, without ever being told specifically what they are. Managers lack in communication, and will only communicate with you once you are severely over-budget, even though it is their responsibility to track and convey budget and hours. Be prepared to input PTO hours if you have no billable work. Managers will ignore your attempts at contacting them to remedy this problem, yet will be upset if you bill to their projects. They will not provide enough work for a full-time employee, and then blame the employee for it. This company is over hiring, and mass layoffs will likely follow soon.