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

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
2.0
Dec 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Policy types might find a home, but the culture is strange.

Cons

Senior execs must recruit people with personalities similar to their's, so the place is filled with young grads lacking social skills and others that have never left and grown comfortably with that atmosphere. They are making efforts to bring people together, but then those events are stodgy and weird. Eccentrics or actually anyone with a personality moves out quick. They just chase whatever is hot now and convince themselves they are holier than though. Climate change isn't paying the bills? move on. But then I guess that's the business. Very low pay and they'll try to convince you that they have to be similar to a non-profit. Thought I had heard it all. This coming from a Senior VP at a publicly traded firm.

1.0
Nov 6, 2013

TOXIC Environment(al) Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro I can see is the compensation/benefits are reasonable/favorable, but trading a little bit of extra pay for "quality of life" is worth its weight in gold!

Cons

There is an unspoken hypocrisy within ICF that has continued to fester. Employees are continually pushed too hard to perform (often working incredibly long hours and receiving no support/resources) while the "elite" managers are taking advantage of these workhorses and breaking rules left and right. When senior management sees their team(s) struggling to maintain a high level of quality work products/deliverables (working long hours/weekends) and offering absolutely NO help whatsoever (including leaving the office "early" when others are drowning) there is something seriously wrong. With no accountability for those whom you supervise, and no real commitment towards the company as a whole, I wouldn't be surprised if even more people left in the near future. Sad to see a company that had so much potential flounder because of bad people/culture. I would never recommend anyone to work at ICF. p.s. Almost every single ICF office building is located in a city center (which would not be an issue so much if it wasn't for the fact that employees are REQUIRED to pay for their daily parking in every city - no reimbursement at all).

1.0
Oct 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart hard working people work there

Cons

Work-life balance depends on your supervisor. I had No work-life balance and I needed it being a single parent of a small child,my supervisor would not allow me to work different hours or work from home, while other colleagues who had been there less time than me but were aloud to work whatever hours they wanted, work from home while on vacation

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