Pros
-Exposure to different types of projects -Transferable soft-skills (leadership, teamwork, dealing with difficult people, communication, etc) -High learning curve when you start a new project. Get thrown into the "deep end" often, but it does help to learn things quickly -Independence and leadership opportunity if you are leading a project -Travel (if you are lucky to get it) can be to really "cool" locations both domestically & internationally with very good benefits -Young and international co-worker. Most of whom are willing to have fun outside of work and a few will become your good friends. -Occasionally good people in managing positions who care about the people working for them - Yearly, or almost yearly trip to Madrid paid by the company
Cons
- Inefficiency. Work can sometimes be done in half the time but given the 9-7 expectation, there is not much incentive to finish early. - Hours can be brutal due to inefficiency and poor management of resources. - Some people in management/leadership positions can be micro-managers who are too deep in the details. Others are only yes-man that never question their superiors, and they expect people working for them to obey without independent thinking. As a result ->unreasonable workload, unmotivated workers, and a lack of a clear direction from leadership - While you do learn overtime, most of the projects can be fairly boring and do not require much intelligence or thinking -Very big discrepancy in benefits between traveling and local based consultants. -A majority of things are done/announced at the last minute; including long-termed travels -Low base pay -Lack of formal training after the first two years
