Does ICM Partners pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ICM Partners employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ICM Partners. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ICM Partners?

59% of ICM Partners employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ICM Partners 2.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ICM Partners?

Assistant (26) , Administrative Assistant (22) , Executive Assistant (15) , Agent Assistant (14) , Intern (9) , Agent (8) , Assistant to Agent (3) , Coordinator (2) , ICM Partners (2) , Internship (2) , Software Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at ICM Partners according to real employee reviews?

"Fellow assistants are great people!" ((in 10 reviews)); "Great coworkers and people." ((in 6 reviews)); "Learned a lot and was able to be hands" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ICM Partners according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low and overtime hours have become dramatically cut." ((in 23 reviews)); "Lots of long hours and unpredictable workload" ((in 16 reviews)); "I can't say much... Long hours low pay" ((in 6 reviews)); "management is horrible." ((in 6 reviews)); "Long hours and low pay for entry level employees" ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about ICM Partners redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ICM Partners redundancy and their outlook for job security at ICM Partners in 2026.

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3.2

59% would recommend to a friend

(173 total reviews)

Chris Silbermann

57% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Career opportunities

2.9

Diversity and inclusion

2.7

Culture and values

2.7

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Senior management

2.2

Work/Life balance

ICM Partners has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 173 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ICM Partners employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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173 reviews

3.0

10 Sept 2017

A powerful agency that lacks vision & innovation

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

+Anyone who is lucky enough to get "in the mailroom" at a top 4 talent agency (CAA, WME, UTA, or ICM) has hit the jackpot. If you put in 1-2 years of solid work for a respected agent, and learn the in's and out's of Hollywood, then you'll have a much better chance of getting any job you want in the biz - including for top level agency clients! +Beautiful offices and celebrities walking through +You feel like you're in the center of it all +Prestige

Cons

+Povery-level wages that make it impossible to live on - except if you come from a family who can send support = lack of both racial and socio-economic diversity +Back-stabbing "shark-like" culture = extreme stress and you're constantly wondering who you can trust +Long hours +Agents treat you like a servant for the first 3 months until you prove yourself +Foul language +Sexist and misogynist comments +As a woman, you have to work 10x harder to prove yourself in a world where men rule +Male-dominated, frat-boy culture +ICM seems to represent all the aging talent in Hollywood vs the new talent

2.0

17 Dec 2020

ICM is a White Boys Club

Executive assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Although they have trouble with follow through, the higher ups make it a point to say they are going to do more to be inclusive of women and POC. They also try to keep it from feeling like a toxic work environment but could do more about the several abusive agents that they employ.

Cons

HR is owned by the agents, so assistants have no one to go to when they are mistreated by their bosses. Most assistants end up working for free because they refuse to allow overtime and if an assistant does use it, partners go to their boss who then turns and yells at them so that they'll just stop clocking in. ICM is also silent when agents are abusive towards their assistants, so while they say they are one of the least-toxic agencies to work for, they still employ some of the worst people I have ever met.

1.0

22 Mar 2019

HR running a MUCK! They are TRIPPING.

Enterprise group

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some very respectable, successful people. Some very real and caring people. Of course the perks of a company with budget for company events, like Healthy Happy Hour. Working adjacent to the mall and having parking provided are good. Proprietary operational systems under enhancement and improvement.

Cons

Never seen an HR power trip so hard. Imagine at your job, someone in HR comes to your departmental mtg and announces, "From now on, marketing does sales and sales does marketing!" No questioning it and your department head is near-powerless as HR insists on forging ahead with nonsense. Which they do in the most disrespecting, passive-aggressive, invasive manner. If ICM has a real incident (think: entertainment industry), this HR is likely to mishandle it and cause a disaster. New assistants need sensitive mentors, not micromanaging, problem-generators from HR. Really a shame how the support systems at ICM have been getting bulldozed by HR.

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