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Huron Consulting Group

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Huron Consulting Group reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,061 total reviews)
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Mark Hussey

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Huron Consulting Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,061 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Huron Consulting Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Apr 26, 2013
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Pros

Great place to go if this is your first job out of college Excellent travel perks

Cons

Huron claims that experienced hires are valuable, i would argue that Huron does little to allow experienced hires to show their value. First off, Huron Consulting is a misnomer of a title, there is little to no actual consulting going on, on the Revenue Cycle side at least. At best, the employees are focused on implementing a semi customized tool. At worst, they are forcing a set of methodology onto clients that have no need for it, in the process damaging a working system. The primary issue lies in where Huron excels and that is the indoctrination of analysts. The homegrown analysts only know one way to do things and have never been a part of other firms and therefore their ideas are stagnant. Huron refers to this stagnation as its "culture". Huron pushes to bring on experienced hires but then wonder why their retention rate is so low. It's because the average experienced hire, usually people with actual consulting backgrounds, understand that part of a good engagement is actually listening to the client and know how to customize an implementation to meet the clients needs and not just check off a box. When I first started I thought the idea of a firm that only takes payment upon the achievement of milestones and metrics was genius, and in theory it is. In practice it's terrible. All that these types of contracts do is cause undue stress and pressure on engagement teams to meet goals that are usually impractical and are now their responsibility to find a way to meet. Which leads to the next con about Huron, the absolute lack of work life balance. As much as upper management claims they value work life balance, they do very little to nothing to give their employees the ability to enjoy their life outside of work.

5.0
Apr 24, 2013
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Pros

Huron is well positioned in the market as it has been selective with the types of service offerings and industries served that have sustainable needs. Investment is being made in all core businesses to meet the high demand for performance improvement while building solutions to meet the dynamic needs of the market. The firm has a focus on it's people initiatives (coaching, development and performance) and there are many initiatives to further build a rich culture of collaboration through values, diversity and inclusion, leadership development, community service, and corporate social responsibility. It's an excellent environment to build your career and the firm is improving the mobility of it's staff across solution areas. There is also a unique opportunity to be part of an entrepreneurial environment within the brand and resources of Huron - this is especially true with our emerging businesses.

Cons

The firm continues to build it's infrastructure, keeping in mind Huron is a relatively new company and is experience high growth. Growing the right infrastructure and programs to support that growth is a work in process but it's a focal point of management. Entry level compensation is not as competitive as some of the larger firms, but there is signficant upside to building your career in a firm the size of Huron in terms of development, recognition and leadership path for high performers. Most consultants travel Mon-Thur every week, so it's a lifestyle you must be amenable to or this is not the right place.

4.0
Apr 15, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great and there are definitely some great perks including 22 vacation days, spot bonuses, free soft drinks, etc. Some of the projects are very interesting and you can have a lot of flexibility as part of work/ life balance. Can get into the niche industry of Healthcare.

Cons

You can get stuck on some really boring and long travel clients. In addition, work can sometimes be unpredictable with long hours and work over the weekends. I think the Senior Management needs to develop a better future vision. Upward movement (promotion) can be difficult.

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