ICON reviews

It’s difficult to know where to start, critical thinkers are extremely undervalued, there is very clear favoritism. None of the groups want to work together and there is constant blaming and shaming when things don’t go as planned and never any praise when good work is done. The pressure on the lab is immense and there isn’t any clear direction on projects. Some of the members of management are narcissistic and have no problem lying about others to make themselves look better. The work being done is decreasing in quality due to the amount of pressure for perfection that exists from top to bottom. It doesn’t seem like it will ever get better. There is no other place to work in the field in the area and upper management know it and take advantage of people they view as being “stuck” in the area and severely underpay them. I would not recommend anyone to work here, even my worst enemies. This place is terrible, you’d be better off moving to where there are more jobs than to waste your time working here.

Like any other company the CTA management pretends that they value you and your professional development but they don't. Management will say you have to wait 12 months to apply for another position within the company. They will send out emails discouraging you from applying and then turn around and let people with less experience and education that they like apply for positions without having worked for the company for 12 months. The pay is terrible. Mostly everyone who is not married or who has not been there long has two jobs just to sustain themselves.