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      ICF

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      ICF reviews

      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (2,743 total reviews)
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      John Wasson

      82% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      ICF has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,743 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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      3K reviews
      4.0
      Nov 4, 2014

      Good work environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The below comments are from my experience working with a small team. Other groups I know did not enjoy their respective experiences as much as I did. Nice office environment Friendly and helpful workers Cares about the clients Opportunity to take charge of projects Flexible hours Easy to communicate with some upper management

      Cons

      Flow of work dipped at times Some but limited opportunities to improve skills Difficult to move around within the company

      3.0
      Nov 3, 2014

      Loyalty is not a virtue

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The work they do is generally for the good: energy efficiency, emergency management, housing and social issues. Upper management can very accessible (most people only know the top guy by his first name). A good employee mix of all ages and genders; also fairly culturally diverse. Literally offices around the globe with opportunities to move from one to another.

      Cons

      Recently developed a very narrow, bottom-line focus. Longtime administrative staff has been cut loose due to poor budgeting, which creates both more and less professional work for the consultants. Rapid growth through acquisition has not been followed up with any sort of acclimatization, hence ICF's corporate culture is an inconsistent amalgam across offices.

      3.0
      Oct 28, 2014

      I Don't Wake Up Dreading Work

      Research assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Work/Life balance is great; I tend to be a bit of a workaholic but I'm glad it's not forced. Knowledgeable colleagues. Managers vary but I haven't heard of many terrible ones and mine is great. Company has lots of long-term projects (consulting can be very volatile). PTO accrual seems a little low and you can only carry over two weeks between calendar years. Most of the benefits packages are middle of the road; not bad, not spectacular.

      Cons

      PAY! Pay varies among the different LOBs and divisions but apparently mine is the red-headed stepchild. I get paid about $8,000 less than the low end for my job title when I looked it up here (granted, the same job title can do any number of tasks within the company. What I do isn't particularly easy). Being in the DC area, anything less than $40,000 is near-poverty. My raise was less than the spot bonuses at my last job. Going to meetings and hearing about all the multi-million contracts they won while getting paid about $35k can be deflating.

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