Drastically going downhill.. - Consultant NTT DATA Employee Review

The working environment is difficult especially with other colleagues (especially sales staff) constantly bugging for help. It's extremely distracting and hard to focus. In the time I've been here, I was never offered any training or asked if I would like to attend a course relevant to IT security. This company are experts in IT security so they should at least ensure that their staff are able to keep their certifications and skills updated. There appears to be an element of favoritism across the board. Certain people who are obviously friendly with management staff get away with whatever unprofessional actions they like. Even if you are a consultant, you WILL work for the sales team. They are unreasonable, and don't understand or care how long it takes to do something. You will be forced to write up proposals, and other documents in the minimal time possible. Office politics (as mentioned by another reviewer) is horrible. After working in the industry for 15 years, I understand workplace dynamics well, but for such a small company, the amount of time wasted arguing and going back and forth between multiple people is unbelievable. There were even a couple of times that I witnessed crying because someone didn't get their own way. There's no real option to develop your technical skills further. As a consultant focused on delivery, you work on a job and attempt to finish it in the quickest time possible. The faster you deliver a project, the better this is for sales as they can request for your help or get you working on another project. In a sense, it's factory-line work. Nothing fulfilling here.