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      Lots of Pros, But Need Improvement on Career Development - Consultant Slalom Employee Review

      3.0
      Sep 17, 2019
      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Great recruiters with excellent understanding of how to build culture -Great culture building events and diversity initiatives -Smart, talented, and funny co-workers and collaborative environment

      Cons

      -Promotion and career development process is vague and frustrating. The vast majority of people who manage to receive a promotion will tell you the process was excruciating. Middle managers need training in effectively guiding their direct reports through the promotion process. -I was extremely impressed with our CEO, Executive leaders in Seattle, as well as my local executive team in Denver. However, my particular practice area was led by a PAL that consistently belittled and humiliated her direct reports. Her power hungry, people pleasing, micro-managing behavior created a toxic environment. The only condolence was that the vast majority of consultants on our team felt the same way and we could support each other through her harsh treatment. I want to emphasize that I am referring to one specific PAL, and I do believe that other PALs were very good at people management and well liked by their direct reports.

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      Slalom Response
      6y
      This is John Tobin. Thanks for your feedback, which seems generally positive with the exception of the PAL you worked with. I would always encourage our employees to raise this concern up to their MD or GM in their market - this feedback would help. I like what you are saying in terms of getting the feedback from one's direct reports before a promotion - we do this during our leadership development programs, but not specifically when we promote people, so this is a good suggestion. I'd be happy to talk to you more about what you saw during your time here - simply email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to speak or I would encourage you to reach out to your former GM or RGM. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.

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