ION Group reviews

2.7

32% would recommend to a friend

(1,216 total reviews)

Andrea Pignataro

40% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

ION Group has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,216 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ION Group employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Nov 27, 2018

If you value your self worth don't work here.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The amount of annual leave you get is a positive, SOME people are nice...that's really all I have to be honest.

Cons

A serious lack of training, it's like being blind-folded and handed a jumbled up rubik's cube and told to solve it, then when you do it wrong you get abuse thrown at you. Workload comes at you hard and fast with again no training, you feel like your drowning. I have asked for help from someone doing the same role as me and they treated me like I was as stupid as they come. That same person has treated me like rubbish the second I walked through the door, ignores me on a daily basis, excludes me, stomps around when I ask for help and sighs loudly as if I am the biggest inconvenience on the planet. This person is one of the main reasons I am leaving. I sit next to their manager (who is also my manager) and it's very clear that I am being bullied but nothing is said or done. Of course I will be pulling the manager aside and very clearly pointing it out as I give my letter of resignation. Very poor form for a new starter (joined in the last 2 months). I have been miserable from my first week and I cannot wait to leave. The hours are extremely long which doesn't give you much free time in the evening and you have to be up at the crack of dawn to get in there, no flexibility in the sense that you can't take a shorter lunch in order to finish early.

1.0
Jun 17, 2025
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Pros

Used to be a great place to work, especially when local teams were managed by competent global leadership. Some genuinely smart engineers on the team (though most are leaving or looking to).

Cons

Management Overhaul Ruined Everything: Ion recently handed over control to clueless Indian managers with no understanding of the product, no vision, and zero empathy for engineers. We now report to people who can’t even follow the tech conversations we have, yet they will decide our appraisals, leaves, promotions, and practically our careers. Nepotism and Incompetence in Leadership: The restructuring was driven by Sanjay Chikara, Director of Ion India, and it reeks of internal politics and power consolidation. The result? Mediocrity being rewarded, domain expertise being ignored, and motivated developers being micromanaged and silenced. Return to Office: An India-Only Disgrace: The forced return to office is enforced only for Indian employees. Colleagues in the UK and US still work from home. The inequality is stark and insulting. What's worse? If you miss office hours by even a small margin, you get passive-aggressive emails from HR, and they deduct your paid leaves. Productivity? Mental health? None of that matters here. Morale is in Free Fall: Talented people are demotivated, and the ones staying are doing so only for the paycheck or because they’re stuck. No transparency, no communication, and definitely no respect for employees who actually care about the product. HR is a Joke: Unapproachable, robotic, and more focused on enforcing pointless policies than supporting employees.

1.0
Feb 8, 2020

Software engineer

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Pros

The only pro I can think of is that I am confident that I will find another job at another company and that in comparison, it will be so much better than Ion Group!

Cons

I will hit the top 5 or 6 since the list would stretch to infinity and beyond... - no cogent strategy or company purpose - a compendium of acquisitions that have been gutted, where the talented people have left and only the desperate remain ( I will not be one of those who plan to stay - see above) - the company has amassed a mountain of debt and none of the acquisitions are growing. The business model is based on a continuous flow of acquisitions to pay the mounting interest payments. Remember musical chairs as a child. A some point the music will stop, Look Out! - as many others have said, the CEO is morally bankrupt and his merry band of executive minions are the most inept crew imaginable - so many key engineers have left the company that this is a ticking time bomb and there are so many gaps in coverage for production systems - follows a “lean and mean” methodology - which really means a “cut to the bone” mentality

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