Pros
Peers are great and competent especially manager and below. Project teams work well together and strive for a fun and supportive environment Have more career freedom and say than competitors Most project managers have a general respect for need to maintain work /life balance and give good constructive feedback to help you develop Can get leadership experience early on in your career
Cons
Used to be a great career building place and could get a lot of good experience early in your career which people traded off for their lower than industry pay. With new consulting core model, junior consultants are getting less of those opportunities. Pay is still much lower than competitors with some regions 30% lower than competitors. For experienced hires, the placement of levels is across the map and varies greatly by region. Now with new national model it became apparent Senior Consultants in some regions had more experience in selling and leading projects than Sr Managers or Directors in others.
