Pros
- Co-workers are fun and caring. - Some of the work is interesting, and clients do benefit from some of the services. - Good training opportunities
Cons
- The way teams approach projects is archaic and leaves little opportunity for innovation or learning, especially if you are on the lower end of the hierarchy. A lot of what you do is detail-oriented work that is dictated to you from above. If you have an idea of how things may work better, don't count on anyone listening. - Lots of travel for most consulting positions; travel every week - Monday 7am through Thursday evening. This gets really old. - Definitely a "good old boys" feel for upper management. The hierarchical feel is very prominent as well-- not lots of open discussion between levels within the organization. - Definitely a stereotypical consultant vibe within the company-- "if you speak the lingo, people will think you know what you're talking about". This wasn't the case for everyone I came across, but was more prevalent that I liked. It made me feel bad to have the client paying for staff that were not prepared and did not provide quality work, but tried to give the impression that they did. - Pay and compensation is low compared to similar companies.