Alvarez & Marsal reviews

- Low base pay. Bonus is high, but a blackhole (dependent on partner selling the project at the right changeability, ability of the partner to make collections before the bonus cycle, overall team utilization etc) - Very little geographical and gender diversity - mostly white men, and no effort at mitigating this. - Poor project portfolio and client base : Most of the top investors would not prefer recruiting A&M for pre or post aq work. 95% of the projects during my 1-1.5 years in the firm were for smallest of the clients at very low chargeable pay. - Overstaffed teams: Most partners struggle to utilize their team. 50% of supply chain team was not staffed for 4 months in a year. - Bad work culture: Most of the people here are ex-big 4 who bring in a lot of bureaucracy. Most partners or senior directors reward you on basis of hours put in the weekend and late nights. I wish they rewarded people on their skill set and value addition to the team. - Most pathetic pre aq diligence teams - Completely stay out of ODD and CDD teams. - Lastly, I always felt people who did not find decent exit options or were unable to rise up the ladder at ATK or other consulting due to incompetence, came to A&M's PEPI team and decided to flock here.

-Pretty pathetic work culture: “boys club” containing only white men, no diversity in the Chicago office -COMMUNICATION: there was absolutely no communication, and when things fell through the cracks, fingers were pointed galore -TOXIC WORK ENVIORMENT: my supervising manager made the work day feel so uncomfortable that I basically rushed out of there everyday at 5pm on the dot. Not sure if it was because he very clearly hated women who he did not “crush on” or the simple fact that he wanted power in every situation, but it made working with him a living hell. Everyone in the office saw it, but nothing was done about it; it was basically get over it, or leave. -I was let go and got no explanation, other than I would be getting paid a two week severance. A week later, a guy replaced me; a man who’s father just so happens to be friends with the big shots up in NYC. -There was a lawsuit taken out against A&M a couple years ago and instead of firing the man, they just paid the woman off. -A former colleague dealt with sexual harassment from numerous members of this firm and while everyone was aware of it, nothing was done about it.