There are great people at other companies too (don't use this as the sole reason to join Slalom). While your client probably allows jeans on Fridays, don't do it if you're going in to the Slalom office. Its frowned upon. No, seriously. Don't do it. Sabbatical ends once (if) you get promoted into a leadership role. Some amount of sucking up is required to be "noticed" by senior leadership. You have to toot your own horn or be left behind in the dust. If you're lucky you'll get a manager who cares about you and will do some tooting on your behalf. Events will always be downtown, if you live in the suburbs, well, too bad. Events are always, always very extravagant. Way too many people are assigned to projects they have no business being staffed on. This is all in the name of billing and keeping that utilization rate high so the revenue numbers look good. So, with this, comes the chance that you will eventually be put on a project that you have no interest in.
