Pros
-The myRyan was good to be able to utilize from time to time. I could let my manager know I would be in a little later because of an appointment or errand. I could take a longer lunch and stay later as long as I was getting my work done. -My teammates were very nice and helpful in working together to meet deadlines, but I can't say that is the experience across the board. -My manager tried to find projects that could generate revenue and bonuses -The company collects and matches money for local charities. -Gym membership reimbursement was solid
Cons
-Certain SUT teams tended to specialize in industries (oil and gas, medical, manufacturing, etc.) and when you're hired you're assigned to a team based on whichever team had the longest requisition open without any input from you as to whether that's a team you'd want to be on. You become narrowly specialized in that area working on those projects. I had to leave before I became too niche and wouldn't be able to find work in something other than a subset of sales tax. -As a consultant a lot of your day to day tasks are reviewing invoices and data entry. I had to regularly call vendors and ask for invoices and contracts. I'm not saying I'm above doing that, but it gets tedious and tiring. -You're expected to bill at least 40 hours a week, even though they will say you're not, but your manager will imply that you're making the team look bad even if you're efficient at your assignments or if there was a lack of projects to work on for the past week. -We're supposed to be motivated by bonuses, but those good bonuses are highly dependent on the projects the principals assign to your team. So, there's a lot of favoritism and if you're not on the right team a consultant working the same 40-50 hours is going to be making a LOT more than you by virtue of being hired at the right time and assigned to the right team, not because they're more skilled/knowledgable than you. -The order of being paid your bonus is: after all the bureaucracy with the State the client finally gets a check in the mail from the State. Then Ryan invoices the client, who then has 30 days to pay the invoice. Assuming the client pays on time (not always the case) then if they don't pay towards the beginning of the calendar month you will have to wait until the 30th of the following month to finally have it hit your paycheck. -It took me about a year and a half to get a bonus that even made my direct deposit noticeably different. HR doesn't tell you that when they're negotiating your below-industry salary. They push the wonders of bonuses without telling you that the 3% bonus is often split with lots of people. -Also, the non-stated PTO is weird. There should be a floor listed where it's stated that as a first year you should be taking at least 10 days off. Otherwise, you're never sure if your taking too much time off or not enough as compared to other consultants on other teams. -401k took a long time to be vested and the match contribution was very minimal -The company's odd way of trying to save money. Penny wise-pound foolish with their cell-phone reimbursement policy. My bill got kicked back multiple times and I had to explain my family share plan to 3 different staff in India all over something like $5 they said I over-calculated before they conceded I was right. -They didn't do an annual firm meeting which was fine since it probably is a huge waste of money. However, the one I did attend had the CEO making fun of the Glassdoor reviews as being petty and tried to make light of the real grievances people had when there was some truth that could have been pulled. -The exit interviews don't allow for honest feedback since it would be awkward to lay it all out with my name attached to it.