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      Slalom

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      Slalom reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (3,514 total reviews)
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      Brad Jackson

      47% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      Slalom has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,514 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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      4K reviews
      1.0
      Jun 13, 2018

      Leader

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      There are still some good people that work at the organization and take pride and support the values

      Cons

      This place is not just under a huge identity crisis but the majority of folks here rather take metrics and revenue over people, ethics, and most importantly honesty. This is not a firm that even closely resembles it's value and if I were you unless you want to be in a place where you want to be staff augmentation to make an easy buck, then RUN

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      Slalom Response
      8y
      This is John Tobin. There is not enough context in here to address, so would love to hear what you are experiencing. Please send me an email to set up some time to talk - simply email me at johnt@slalom.com. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey
      4.0
      Jan 9, 2018

      Great place to work if you're willing to sacrifice compensation for good working environment

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      - Have genuinely enjoyed working with almost everyone I have worked with here. You can generally count on your co-workers to be good at their jobs. - Management makes a concerted effort to be forthright and transparent with their planning and vision for the company, and a very open and accessible if you have questions or concerns - For the most part employees are given some input into what projects they would like to be on. For all my projects my manager has come to me before the project to describe it to me and get my approval before staffing me on it (that being said I haven't had a project I turned down yet, so not sure how that conversation would go). - Office environment is very laid back and fun. Lots of events, chances to connect with co-workers. Seems to me to be generally a very open and welcoming environment. - Slalom has the most mature agile practices of anywhere I've worked. Most projects generally follow agile practices and are fairly well run and organized.

      Cons

      - Compensation is below average for Seattle. 401k match is much smaller than I've had elsewhere. - There are a fair number of pretty frustrating/directionless projects that people get stuck on. I haven't been on one personally, but seems that most people have a couple horror stories of really bad projects they've been on, or are currently on. I can think of a three project right off that are going right now that I know people that can't wait to get off of. - Management can lay it on a little thick with the "we want to change the world, we want to be the best company ever" narrative. Perhaps they really feel that way, but it doesn't land well with the individual contributors, particularly when they're on a mundane, dead end project.

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      Slalom Response
      8y
      Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. We're happy to hear that you enjoy your working environment and find our leadership team to be open and transparent. Your thoughtful advice to offer more competitive compensation and benefits and do a better job communicating Slalom's vision and connecting it to our people will be shared with our leadership team. If you’d like to share more feedback, please consider doing so here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks again.
      2.0
      Apr 26, 2017

      Management

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Company is very laid back, free beer in the break room, some nice local events and meetings paid for, lot's of activities and younger crowd. If you are just looking for the status quo you can earn decent money flying under the radar and not doing much (if that is what you are into) as they are very disorganized. Hard to get fired unless you do really, really poor work (if that is your aspiration). No real standards or guidelines which is bad for clients but good for employees so you can sort of do what you want as long as you get the job done...there are some smart skilled people here so great place to learn and grow personally

      Cons

      Not very organized and not really a consulting company but more like a staffing company. They preach a lot of one team stuff, innovation and core values but they throw them all out the window when they are not billing enough so they are obsessed with staffing people and not really interested in growing the company or providing a career path. The offices operate like independent agencies that all do their own thing...they really push employees to vote their offices as a Best Place to work in local and national publications which they typically get and it is a "nice" atmosphere to work in but not recognized as a real leader in consulting because there is no real internal growth strategy or innovation unless you make it happen for yourself at a client engagement and then Slalom claims it as their own innovation. It is sort of like Leadership does not understand business strategy 101. There is definitely a good ol boy bias as well as it is not a meritocracy but more about who your buddy in Seattle is and who you go out drinking with which determines your career path. They are also very sensitive to criticism or new innovative ideas internally they like to say they do things the "Slalom way" and will nod their head and smile when you try to suggest improvements but at some point they will pull you aside and tell you that you need to just get "on board" which pretty much means your ability to move up is no longer possible because you are not drinking the cool aid. Overall younger less experienced people will be happy at Slalom but more senior, seasoned consulting professionals will be disappointed and only used as bait to lure new clients as there is no real career path

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      Slalom Response
      9y
      This is John Tobin. Thanks for the thoughtful response. I can tell from first-hand experience here that we are taking feedback seriously. If you have more to share about what you saw while here, I'd be happy to talk to you and also share some other things that are going on as we look to capitalize on the growth we have had over the years. Simply email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to talk. Alternatively if you'd like to share anonymously please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
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