Good place to start - Consultant (C2) Pariveda Employee Review

3.0
Nov 15, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and great benefits. Most of the employees are good people who really want to help grow your career.

Cons

The company kind of uses false advertising. During the interview process you see the downtown office, get to visit the good clients, and upper management talks about how Pariveda only does the cool and interesting work. The company prides itself on being super transparent with a unique feedback and promotion system. All of this is great, but far from the truth. They show you how awesome it is downtown -- week guess what, only upper management and corporate services actually work there. They get free food, drinks, coffee, beer, etc. while you are billable at the client sitting in a 5x7 foot closet with 7 other people. You don't hear about the bad clients, where 60-hour work weeks are all too familiar. All for usually crappy work; however, management will try to convince you that the work is super interesting and sugar coat the whole thing instead of being transparent and real. And you want to know what no one will tell you this? Because if they do, it'll somehow show up in their review as a Career Development Plan (CDP) item and prevent then from being promoted. That's what honesty will get you.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Strong launchpad for early career consultants. Great exposure to varied clients, tech stacks, and industries within your first couple of years. Smart, driven colleagues and a structured mentorship model that genuinely invests in your growth. Clear promotion path with well-defined expectations at each level. If you're motivated and self-directed, you can grow faster here than at most places.

Cons

You work for it. Hours can run long depending on the project, and utilization expectations are real. A lot of your trajectory depends on the project you get staffed to and how well you advocate for yourself. Not the place if you want a predictable 40 hour week or a hands-off environment. Burnout is a risk if you don't set your own boundaries early.

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