Slalom reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,513 total reviews)
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Brad Jackson

47% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Slalom has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,513 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Slalom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Jan 14, 2019

Consultant

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Pros

Work-life balance, company culture, local business model (no traveling unless desired), focus on giving back to the local community through volunteering and pro-bono work. There is no "up or out" model - you are encouraged to grow your depth and breadth of skills, but you won't get pushed out if you just want to be a "consultant" rather than climb the ladder.

Cons

Compensation varies by market (of course) but in this location, doesn't seem to have caught up to average market rates. Benefits are improving year-by-year, but could be better. There are a LOT of work-related committees and events, both during and after business hours. To really stand out consistently, and get ahead, it seems as though you need to be involved in multiple internal efforts and show up to most of the events. This is fine for extroverts, people who enjoy being extremely active, or those without families, but for others, it's difficult to find the time and energy. You won't get pushed out if you don't engage in the "extracurriculars" at the highest level, but you'll likely find that your comp doesn't advance as quickly as those that do.

1.0
May 8, 2018

Depends on Your Definition of Quality

Anonymous employee
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Pros

For people comfortable in the consulting milieu, it seems like a comfortable place to land.

Cons

Combination of sales-driven culture, lack of definition around quality (heavily process over outcome driven culture), number-driven culture...as consulting companies go, it's better than the big ones. Creativity can thrive in tiny niches as long as the engagement gives you cover. But they can't keep teams together and they can't break the addiction of being a body shop to the local big companies, and they end up taking orders instead of genuinely being the trusted partners their local companies need.

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Slalom Response
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This is John Tobin. I would love to talk to you live and understand more what you experienced. Please send me an email at johnt@slalom.com to have this discussion. Alternatively, if you have more feedback that you'd like to share anonymously please consider doing so here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey and/or via the annual employee survey.
3.0
Dec 7, 2017
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Pros

Great firm, entrepreneurial culture and amazing people.

Cons

The only real con from my perspective, that has many follow on consequences, is the lack of diversity among leadership. I’m talking about a specific here. Why are 95% plus leaders all ex-Accenture? Particularly at the MD and GM level. You can’t expect someone who’s spent 20+ years at Accenture not to carry over that experience, ingrained traits and perceptions into Slalom. Why aren’t we hiring thought leaders from agencies, industry, other-non Accenture/Big 4 firms into our senior leadership mix?

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Slalom Response
8y
This is John Tobin. It's a good point to proactively look at talent that comes from a variety of different backgrounds and experiences. We do mostly like people with consulting backgrounds, but I love people who have both experience as a client and people who bought consulting from within an industry. I will say - having both of these experiences previously at E&Y and then being a buyer at AT&T has definitely always balanced my perspectives. I'll raise this feedback to our recruiters and GMs. If you’d like to share more feedback, please consider doing so here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks
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