21/07/2026
Ron, our managing partner, wrote this. We're posting it exactly as he wrote it.
Secondment has a somewhat negative image, but that's unfair. ICU employs the best people in the market, it has to, otherwise a client will send you back. By working for multiple clients and at different client sites, you build up broader knowledge and experience and see how products are used differently in practice. You also become aware of your own value: there's a price tag attached to you, and you have to live up to it. That's not a weakness or a disadvantage, but the future: broad based, flexible specialists who know exactly what they're worth. It's precisely that flexibility that secures your position.
Clients benefit too: an ICU employee brings new insights and a fresh perspective to their team. In fact, at ICU, you are the product, not the solution to a management problem, but the knowledge and value we bring to the market.
Secondment is often confused with temporary agency work, but that's not correct. A painter in permanent employment who carries out work at a client's premises isn't a temporary agency worker either. A solicitor who handles legal proceedings for a client for months on end isn't one either, is he? At ICU, you're simply on a permanent contract: we take responsibility in the event of illness, pay holiday pay and ensure that you'll still be valued tomorrow. And because we understand that you have your own wishes and dreams, we grow together, you're an essential part of us.
