ICF reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,748 total reviews)
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John Wasson

82% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

ICF has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,748 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ICF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Dec 5, 2015

not for long term career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I'm sure there are some. As with any company, it depends on your own management chain. Colleagues are great.

Cons

Management chain the worst in my experience. At the intro "breakfast," our senior VP repeatedly said they want our ideas. OK, sounds good. Then he told us we can do all the training we want, but it's on our own time. Bill 40 and nothing else matters. My reaction was oh, they want our ideas because they can make money off them, but they're not going to invest a dime in us. That turned out to be 100% true. Shutdown? Billable people get no pay; seniors apparently were paid. Interesting - they share in the upside of us billing, but do not share in the downside. That's particularly egregious given that missing 3 weeks of pay probably doesn't have much of an impact on them being able to pay their rent/mortgage, buy groceries, etc. How about sharing the downside as well as the upside? Health care costs rise, though not horrifically, and growth is not great, so raise the premiums on employees as if that's the problem. It isn't. The growth is the problem, and the seniors and their reaction to the market are responsible for that. But the pain, again, comes to the billable. Again, the rise in senior premiums probably doesn't affect their daily living, just their retirement stockpile. Bottom line, without many, many stories: you're there to bill, not to build a career. No matter what you say about wanting more, you won't get it. Contact a recruiter to chat about moving into the other areas of the company, and you won't get a return email or call.

4.0
Dec 4, 2015

Good Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay is competitive ad the culture is pretty close knit for a large company

Cons

You don't get raises so would suggest new employees to accept a salary you can live with for a while

5.0
Nov 30, 2015

Associate

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Pros

They are flexible with teleworking, they provide great commute benefits, you start with a good number of paid time off, and they support professional development.

Cons

Depending on the project/client you are signed on with, it might be hard to move around or switch projects in the beginning. They do encourage people to continuously develop their professional skills so you just have to learn the ropes.

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