Poor Management / Not worth if you are just starting out - ServiceNow Developer Deloitte Employee Review

2.0
Sep 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The offices are great, they offer all necessities, clean and spotless the wifi was relatively ok and by the time I was there they were expanding into adding extra things, like game rooms and more, but they were probably just eye candy. The fact that you could work from home was also a plus to it. When I worked with Deloitte I was still pursuing my bachelors degree and they allowed me to come to the office anytime I wanted, so I basically had a fully remote job. They did have great benefits compared to other companies in my location, including discounts on some of the universities, yearly free health check ups in some of the private medical labs and facilities, but they did come with caveats of sorts, which is fair.

Cons

The people there are dead on the inside. I don't know if it was just incorrect timing by my side, but everyone in the office did not even take the time to smile or say hello in the hallways. The salary is alright for someone just starting but you have to wait at least 1 year to even be considered for a raise which in my experience doesn't really happen that often. Meanwhile management always tried to protect themselves when things did not go as expected. For example I had just started, it was my 5th or 6th month there. All ServiceNow developers had to take an online certification before starting work. My boss knew that I was in university at the time and told me to not worry, take everything slow the possibility to take the exam will still be there. I still gave him a timeframe in which I was considering taking the exam and we both agreed that that was more than ok. One week later I find out that in a partner meeting or whatever they refer to it as, I'm not very familiar with corporate lingo, my boss just completely threw me under the bus and used my full name telling the partners that this developer is lacking behind for no reason, just so he would appear as the competent one in front of the partners. I quit a few months after that, because who knows what he could've said about me or any other coworkers. Lastly I know Deloitte is a big name to have on your CV (at least in my country), but if you are just starting out in a junior role, trust me it's not really worth it. You will have to spend years of your life just for you to not be considered a junior anymore. I have noticed that all of upper management was an outside hire and never someone promoted from within, so if that truly is what you want to do I would not recommend it whatsoever, you are just throwing away valuable time, which could have been spent in a company that treats more than just a number.

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Cons

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5.0
Aug 4, 2014
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Pros

These folks know exactly what they are doing. They set high standards, and consistently deliver. Their project expectations and planning is excellent. The top level management folks are extremely smart and have a great sense of vision and planning. If you go to company social events (which are very frequent by the way), it is quite easy to have conversations with upper management people (Partners). Deloitte's hiring pattern is very consistent. For the young starters, they hire smart, well spoken, and subtly aggressive candidates. They have excellent training and knowledge management. They have a well oiled and empowered HR and Tech Support group. Things get done pretty fast. Their paid time off program is really great, and pretty straight forward. No messing about. They have a big social responsibility program that encourages volunteering. It also presents a great opportunity for youngsters to take event organizing responsibilities. This can be very very useful. Once, I volunteered for an event where we painted rooms for an orphanage center. There was a young guy who did the organizing. We were 10-12 people, with 3 senior executives actually doing paintwork. Quite unique. I have personally seen that Deloitte's top talents tend to start young, spend a 3-4 years, then take a hiatus to pursue a Graduate Degree (typically an MBA). The firm sometimes re-hires these consultants after their MBA with generous financial incentives. They offer much better packages to folks graduating from top universities. Sometimes they can offer huge joining bonuses. I worked in the IT consulting division.They tend to get top-end projects. On projects, the average age seems pretty low. A lot of 20-somethings, then there are a handful of 30-40 year old people and some senior Management folks. Beginner salaries can be a bit low. (which is expected. It takes some time to build credibility in the Consulting business) Overall, a great place to start your professional career. If you pay attention, you will get seasoned very quickly.

Cons

Work-life balance can become poor, especially during tight project timelines (This is expected in the Consulting Business). The employees have a significant amount of "firm-internal" training and knowledge contribution tasks. There are annual goal expectations. It can get tedious if you continuously work on high demand projects. There is intense competition, especially during targeted promotion/milestone years. There can be some backstabbing. It's part of the experience. It is not as bad as it sounds, and seems manageable. A lot of times, being young and inexperienced has it's flaws. The company has a simple way of seasoning consultants. They get pushed into high pressure situations, and they learn fast, and quickly start managing their own work. But they tend to be blind towards intricate details, especially in complicated IT product implementations. This has an interesting effect. If someone is able to do the hands-on work, everyone else tries to piggy-back on that person for their actual work. The hands-on guy gets overwhelmed, and others try to use him/her as a key resource. -- I personally went through a crunch project, and found a number of people "managing expectations" (piggy backing), while a handful of people actually knew the end-to-end solution and did the hands-on work. This created a lot more work and mental anguish than needed. Because of the expressed pressure, the hands-on guys have a hard time building and growing their reputation and subsequent performance evaluation rating. This also affects the project execution timelines. IMPORTANT: Make sure you thoroughly read through your employment agreement and understand the implications. In recent years, they have started hiring for specific projects ONLY. This falls under a particular "AMS service line". In this case, if your assigned project gets into a problem, you are exposed to the risk of employment termination. Their HR and Management are very helpful, and they will try to get you a new project. But there are several constraints like location, your skills, and limited time. I went through this, and it was somewhat unnerving. This was one of the reasons I ended up leaving the company.

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