ICF reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,740 total reviews)
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John Wasson

82% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

ICF has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,740 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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2.0
Nov 19, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule Networking opportunities Opportunity for training Has an excellent reputation in the environmental field, very well respected

Cons

Work level is not comeserate with salary, in fact salary is far below average for same level of work in the public sector. Very difficult to get a promotion and pay increase. To much reliance on employees to network for billable work as opposed to managers who work with staff to get them put on projects. Not for someone who is intraverted and doesnt like to pester co-workers for billable work; Often managers are excellent at project management and dealing with clients, but horrible at leading a team/people management Expectations to exceed billability goals is overwhelming and results in high employee burn out

3.0
Sep 12, 2010

No room to grow

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Enjoy working with very smart people with a high level of technical knowledge - Lots of flexibility with telecommuting - Opportunities to work on meaningful projects - Colleagues are supportive

Cons

- Little room to move up - Poor transitions for staff that are part of companies that were acquired - Poor comminication from senior managers and little attention paid to developing a positive work culture - Lots of internal competition for work - Value is on bringing in money; if you do that then you are golden - Little value on staff that are effective managers

2.0
Aug 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- Good pool of technically competent people and highly qualified knowledgeable managers - Flexible work environment - Business casual dress code - Options for commuting

Cons

- Mergers not handled very effectively; acquired staff feeling disoriented and insecure - Very aggressive atmosphere; high expectations of contribution of personal time - Staff treated as dispensable; high burn out and turn over rate - Disrespectful towards staff in general felt from above at every level, especially noticeable during decision making processes and firings. - Only bottomline matters; as long as manager is bringing in money, anything goes. No discouragement for bad soft skills - Cheap attitude about bonuses; raises; other encouragement after grueling work hours

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