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      3.1

      36% would recommend to a friend

      (167 total reviews)
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      Chris Usher

      51% approve of CEO

      15% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Culture and values

      2.6

      Career opportunities

      2.3

      Senior management

      ION Geophysical has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 167 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ION Geophysical employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, mining, utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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      167 reviews
      1.0
      11 Apr 2016

      Worst Job I Ever Took

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good bunch of new talented geoscientists coming up the ranks.

      Cons

      Oversold at interview - turn around time for feedback and job offer was ridiculous. Didn't listen to gut and took the job anyway. Big mistake. ION have no integrity or care for their employees. Top heavy on management, ZERO confidence in top level executive leadership and politics galore. Witnessed numerous cases of actual bullying in the Egham office and everyone turned a blind eye. Horrible location - cost to travel there on public transport was extortionate and if you moved to Egham you would be stuck there. Ended up taking me a year to recover my confidence after leaving.

      2.0
      4 Dec 2015

      Top heavy organisation, potentially doomed

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Technically challenging and interesting projects; friendly and helpful colleagues and pretty good working conditions overall with good training to support staff

      Cons

      Top heavy management structures; board and CEO putting the survival of the company at risk through inappropriate strategy decisions; playing at big company corporate America detracts focus from the real issues in the organisation

      1.0
      7 Sept 2015

      Time to replace the CEO and old guard

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great young talent pool who are willing to learn

      Cons

      Poor leadership and no core values or integrity. Very reactionary rather than proactive yet the leaders who make poor decisions and remain rooted in the past remain blinkered and believe lay offs the only way forward rather than look at the business as a whole. Top heavy with micro managers who do not understand the industry and prefer to blame the clients for ION failing to deliver rather than looking at internal processes. Lack of procedures and quality assurance means that a young talented work pool are not looked after.

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