Pros
- Down-to-earth people, yet also friendly, pragmatic, and smart - A genuine interest, at manager level, to improve junior consultants' performance - Plenty (almost too much) face time with the client - "Green" initiatives being employed at most offices in North America - Offices are very open; partners usually have an open-door policy
Cons
- Simply put, the firm's outlook is horrible. Its hiring strategy in 2009 indicates that the firm is way off-base when it comes to establishing workforce targets and effectively projecting workloads over the next year. - Workload is brutal (~70+ hours), and the client locations aren't much to shake a stick at (want to spend a summer in central Kentucky?) - "Global firm" model means that you could be travelling across the street for a client or across the country on a red-eye; lots of variability - Virtually zero strategy work; it's all sourcing, cost reduction, and IT work at this point - Creativity is simply not valued. A lot of ATK's intellectual capital (which is fantastic) is almost used as a crutch in client engagements - Establishing a positive rapport with the client is frowned upon - Review processes are opaque