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ICAP (London)
3.2 of 5 18 reviews
www.icap.com London, United Kingdom 1000 to 5000 Employees

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Updated May 29, 2013

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75% Approve of the CEO

ICAP (London) Group CEO and Director Michael A. Spencer

Michael A. Spencer

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50% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Fantastic

Events Coordinator (Former Employee)
London, England (UK)

I worked at ICAP (London) full-time for more than a year

ProsGreat place to work. Like a second family.

ConsNot really anything coming to mind

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Phenomenal and personally professionally developing

Programmer Officer (Former Employee)
Pretoria, Gauteng (South Africa)

I worked at ICAP (London) full-time for more than a year

Pros- Affiliation with Columbia University
- In-country expertise and skills development/transfer
- Brilliant public health programs

Cons- Dependancy on funding makes positions temporary

Advice to Senior ManagementDiversification of funding to improve sustainability & integration into DoH

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Great time, not long term career path!

Summer Intern (Former Employee)
London, England (UK)

I worked at ICAP (London) as an intern for less than a year

ProsGreat time, lots of going out and make great friendships. Also excellent culture of feedback. Huge bonuses very quickly. If you wont to work in a bank, you get good exposure and contacts

ConsYou are working alongside many who don't even have a degree which would suggest it is not very technical. Also don't think it is easy to move elsewhere for career. No long term career security

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Not a healthy environment for long term, no support for employees.

Sales (Current Employee)
Bucharest (Romania)

I have been working at ICAP (London) full-time for more than a year

ProsA sort of a lack of control so quite a lot of freedom.

ConsLow salaries, low opportunities to develop, unorganized company - bad or in existent processes, etc.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Dead end weak communication

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
London, England (UK)

I have been working at ICAP (London) full-time for more than 10 years

ProsGet to work with different groups and very hard working group of people not much for the management though.

Charity Day

ConsNo communication, honesty or loyalty towards employees. Fact that employees cannot review managers show how ICAP operates. You have to be careful with your sign-on agreements or else you will stuck with same pay for 10 years and also be wary of company wide policy changes time to time which will be changed without any notification to employees.

Advice to Senior ManagementBe transparent and honest.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
Jersey City, NJ (US)

I have been working at ICAP (London) full-time for more than a year

ProsWork-life balance is great, health benefits are OK but very expensive

ConsWhere do I start?
Icap EBS is like nothing I have seen in my life and if I shared even an ounce what goes on there you'd think I am making it up. No leadership, no vision, no strategy, no competency, no loyalty, no growth, no future.
The only concern is cost-cutting at the expense of everything.
I'd run from any job offers, I would not recommend this place to anyone and I cannot wait to leave!
I would rate the company -5 stars if I could. There is no consideration for process, policy, proper management of ideas. The leadership is senior in title, but extremely inexperienced in running a company.
The company offers health benefits, which you need in case you are at the brink of a nervous breakdown caused by the crazy circus you will report to everyday. No 401K matching, benefits are very expensive. No consideration for diversity, mentorship, networking etc.
I can go on for days, but the bottom line is avoid this place at all cost.

Advice to Senior ManagementHire some competent management, at least someone who knows what process is and why we should follow it

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Smart People

Senior Programmer (Current Employee)
Jersey City, NJ (US)

I have been working at ICAP (London) full-time for more than a year

Pros- Smart group of people
- Opportunity to contribute
- don't sit on your back

Cons- not much loyalty to employees

Advice to Senior Managementgive notice to full time employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Great & enriching experience

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

I have been working at ICAP (London)

Prosfair company, open to new business lines, international company,

Consdifficult to move around offices, every desk run as a profit center therefore constant internal competition amongst desk. at times this is positive but to grow the business and market share is negative

Advice to Senior Managementno advice

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Very Good.

Senior Developer (Current Employee)
Jersey City, NJ (US)

I have been working at ICAP (London)

ProsRespectful, smart people, smart managers

Constechnologists are not number 1. Business is.

Advice to Senior Managementmatch 401K

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Great place to work

Customer Support (Current Employee)
London, England (UK)

I have been working at ICAP (London)

ProsThis is a good place to work in, if you are willing to work with the way things work there.

ConsUsual problems that most companies have. Lack of communication. Useless middle tier managers. Lack of focus in some of the projects.

Advice to Senior ManagementReward loyalty

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