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3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

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Scott McIntyre

38% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

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2.0
Dec 11, 2023

Not the best

Recommend
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Pros

Initial Pay. Hybrid position. That's it.

Cons

Pay raise? Depends on how much work you do for GH, not on the actual contract. This is not like most government consulting jobs. They want you to work 40hrs for GH clients. Most likely it will be more because the contract is terrible. But after that, plan to work for GH, ie write proposals or volunteer to work on some other project. Unlimited PTO? Nope. Unless you work way over your 40hrs, it will count against your utilization. Oh that counts against your bonus as well. -PMs will NOT advocate for you. If you have valid concerns about being burnt out or having terrible management, they will turn a blind eye. Even add more work to your plate to keep the client "happy." High turnover rate. You would think if one team has gone through several employees in less than a year, they would investigate, perform and take exit interviews seriously. They do not. Management could be the root cause, they don't care and will keep the problematic person. Oh and if you enjoy the team/project you were working on and doing great work, they will move you to a different team because it's falling apart and they want you to lose your mind trying to save it.

3.0
Dec 10, 2023

Solid Company

Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities for growth, good people

Cons

Red tape, lower salary, corny CEO

2.0
Nov 27, 2023

Poor management

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedule and smart, hard working colleagues

Cons

- Work/life balance is not good. They have "unlimited PTO" but that is not really the case. Since your performance is based on billability rate, you need to reach 90% (at least for senior consultant) by the end of the calendar year or you face a bad review. To meet this, you must work over 40 hours a week and if you want to take off it counts against your billability rate. So, it really is more "move your hours around and work over 40 hours a week consistently in order to be able to take off". There is no actual leave. - poor management. The associate director on my project could not manage the client which led to the client flip flopping their decisions and having us redo work constantly. In the time I worked on the project, we did not move the project forward at all. The client even said at one point that they didn't believe in the project. It was so bad that in a 6-month span, 6 people left the project and/or company (averaging 1 per month). I gave this feedback when I left, but from my understanding nothing was done and this person was actually promoted.

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