Pros
Fast paced learning environment; teams are motivated and high performing; company has fairly good reputation which helps with exit opps
Cons
Leadership is extremely toxic—they expect very long working hours (60+ hours every week) and rarely, if ever, thank their teams for the hard work. Expectations are on par with MBB, but pay is far below. Feedback culture is highly focused on negative feedback—I can for sure count on one hand the number of times I received positive feedback, even though I was promoted ahead of schedule. Teams are often staffed with 1-2 executors but 3-4 managers and leadership members, creating unnecessary layers of review and inefficiencies (too many cooks in the kitchen). Projects are chronically under-budgeted, resulting in understaffed teams being forced to crunch on short timelines. When projects go poorly, leadership does not take accountability for their role and instead consistently blames analysts and consultants.