Charles River Associates reviews

CRA has very high quality people for the most part, although some slip through the cracks and come in not knowing powerpoint and excel, and leave not knowing them very well either. CRA does not have an "up or out" policy like most consulting firms. Promotions are given out like candy by some and withheld by others, resulting in a lack of a clear career progression for junior level staff. Junior staff are not trained and given opportunities to manage work... Depending on the type of project and who the manager is, junior level staff can be victims of the "expert-analyst" model, can be pidgeon-holed, and are often used as "brute analytical and googling resources" than as true consultants.

Driven by billing model (bill as many hours as you can) rather than doing high-value work. Many tasks were encouraged to be done in a tedious manner rather than spending the time to develop a scalable, elegant solution (which earns less for the company).