Toxic Work Culture at Advanced Solutions - Senior Consultant Guidehouse Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2022
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Pros

Good benefits, good benefits administrator backpack, water bottle, when you join The health segment seemed to have a healthy work culture

Cons

--Abusive, toxic work culture: kiss-up, kick down. The norm is for managers or more experienced team members to treat new or less senior people with disrespect, to not properly document or explain what has been done, and then to publicly criticize and abuse when work has not met their poorly defined expectations. --The "pathfinder" chosen for you is usually your boss. If you have a bad one, there is no recourse. --There was 1 HR business partner for about 1,000 employees in advanced solutions, so of course they don't have time to handle any concerns. --After some time, the disempowering culture, lack of agency, and poor team environment make you give up on trying to improve the place and to focus on getting out. Which then makes the place worse.

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