Pros
- Major travel to large financial and corporate centers
Cons
- Questionable contracts with clients (most contracts have a highly superfluous end-objectives and seem to be mostly the result of "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" relationships with middle-managers at clients. It is very difficult to demonstrate that they generate any value added to the end clients - Involved in most of the banks and insurance companies that collapsed in the financial crisis, yet refuse to acknowledge their significant responsibility for the disaster. It is rather shocking that they are getting any business since to be honest (e.g. they had a significant role at AIG, Fannie and Freddie, to name a few) - Too many of their consultants are essentially frustrated wannabe-high-financiers, who are eternally attempting to extract high-finance-type salaries in an industry where those pay levels cannot legitimately be supported (unless you are taking advantage of a client through questionable mandates or relationships). This leads to a very unwelcoming and toxic working environment