ICON reviews

Start up life. Poor leadership that is out of their depth. The company concept is cool, but it really doesn't make sense it's a solution looking for a problem. The problem with housing will not be solved by 3d printing ugly and inefficient concrete oven houses. Poor decision making and high cash burn rate has led to massive layoffs, but poor management means they are now looking for more execs to fill the gap. Probably only a year or so left and this company will go under

My interview process was long (~2.5-3 months) with very little transparency or communication from HR or the hiring team. ICON does a brilliant job of marketing themselves, especially to the local Austin community. However, in our department (and certainly not every team is the same), we put so much emphasis on design that it takes away from actually shipping usable tools, learning, and iterating. Nearly every new idea/feature/etc requires months of meetings, agreeing, research and more research, then only approval of certain teammates will mean the ideas sees the light of day. Sadly, ICON is one of the worst leadership experiences I've had in my career. As a senior IC, I came hoping to learn from leadership and to grow. Most on the leadership team are in their role for the first time, so you will get no coaching. There is no training programs to move up or change internally, nor is there continuing education encouraged except OSHA (10 hours+) even if you have an office desk. For some Some of the ICONics who have been at the company for a very long time create a cringy culture. At times they make it feel exclusive and certainly not collaborative. Some leaders are given exceptions for judgmental and borderline insulting behavior.