ICF reviews

Poor benefits - high deductible plans cover little if anything. Their raise and promotion process lacks transparency and structure and each contract has a maximum allotment for promotions so you might be here a long time without a substantial raise or promotion. No equity adjustment is available for those who are out of the salary range for their position - and ICF said they would not initiate to move someone up into an appropriate salary range. If you're working for a contract that they keep winning every few years - chances are they didn't structure your contract for longevity and there is little professional development or opportunity to move up (or even sideways).

Extremely competitive and backstabbing environment. Expected to do some work under non-billable hours without the ability to charge to overhead or make up the time. My work was constantly presented as that of my supervisor (and applauded) while everyone new and no one cared (or were too scared to acknowledge it publicly). My supervisor repeatedly made ethnically disparaging remarks and harassed me. Although I complained to HR and had witnesses it wasn’t further investigated and dismissed as a communication issue. Once I complained, my manager’s excellent reviews of my performance turned into performance warnings without evidence/examples. After spending over a year documenting and presenting additional evidence of the harassment, verbal abuse, and unsubstantiated negative feedback I endured, my request to be moved to a different manager was given (and the mysteriously manager left). They care only about their bottom and don’t blink or acknowledge unethical treatment or actions by upper management. Worst management and work experience ever! If you are lucky, you may land under one of the very few departments and managers that are ok.