it's as bad as it looks on here (if not worse)
Pros
- The other reviews are correct - the people you work with (at least at the analyst and consultant levels) are really great - almost everyone is incredibly smart and more importantly always approachable and willing to help you when you need it (even while they're swamped on their own projects). Which of course makes the attrition even more painful, since you're seeing tons of good people leave every week/month
Cons
- Morale is way down and attrition is through the roof. people are overworked and WFH has removed what little boundaries remained between work and non-work. A lot of this has due to the company being too successful for its own good - we've been staffed out all summer, and projects are staffed too lean and managers are on 4 - 6 projects at a time, so the burden then falls onto the team to just carry the project and figure out whatever leadership and the client wants. Theoretically a great growth opportunity I guess but it also sets you up for failure if you fail to read their minds. As a result everyone is overstretched and exhausted, and leadership only pays lip service to the problems but won't do anything to actually solve it (e.g., sell fewer projects and scope better) - which just reinforces the problem and makes you even more miserable. - Although the company has expanded at a breakneck pace over the years (we've taken on a ridiculous number of new hires this summer - and of course the burden falls on the existing staff to train them and get them up to speed, on top of all existing project commitments), it's still run like it's a 30 - 50 person firm. Decisions are entirely top-down from leadership, and forget about transparency - we've had too many surveys to count where we don't get to see the results, and action is always promised but nothing ever happens. Also we've done an awful job at integrating senior hires at the manager level and up - there's a very specific culture with the company (I think other reviews are spot-on about drinking the kool-aid), and good luck if you're coming from somewhere else. The one good thing about covid (I guess) is that all the social events can't happen, which means an end to the hard-drinking culture and the alcoholism.
