Slalom reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,506 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 3,506 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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1.0
Jul 9, 2021

Loyalty over Competency

Recommend
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Pros

If you get on the good side of the right people, they will take care of you. Because of their model, Slalom does attract some awesome people. They do not stay long though.....

Cons

Because of the size of Slalom and its independent market model, everything is still very partner oriented even though they say it is not. Your career advancement, experience, etc. Comes down to one person typically and whether they like you or not. The ego runs high amongst the leadership team and they all will throw you under the bus to save their own skin. Staff Aug mentality runs deep here. Leadership lied about sales competitions, bonuses, and promotions. The weight of many is carried by few.

1.0
Jun 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company has been growing and external brand is getting stronger year by year. There is a genuine focus on taking care of our consultants so that they enjoy the work they are doing.

Cons

There is systemic racism in the company and it's evident by looking at the racial makeup of the senior leadership team. One of the companies ten core values is to celebrate authenticity. But you're far more likely to be promoted if you're white or can effectively 'act white' at all times around other executives so they always feel comfortable. The company will use code words like 'culture fit' when assessing promotions and external hires and hidden behind that is making sure that the status quo isn't changed. The status quo is that 19 out of 20 senior executives is white. To get promoted your accomplishments need to far exceed any white peers and you need spend tremendous energy to make sure all white leaders feel very comfortable with your presence, so avoid any confrontation, even healthy discussions.

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Slalom Response
5y
This is John Tobin. If you are an employee, I would encourage you to read our "United for Equality" internal website that spells out our high-level plan towards a commitment of equality at Slalom. While we do have a number of diverse leaders at Slalom, including our President, CPO, CMO, multiple GMs, and VPs, I agree it is not enough and we will continue to work on that. Please email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time for us to review any of our plans or to have further conversation on this topic. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
1.0
Apr 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The aesthetic The snacks The company on paper.

Cons

They have hired way too many people at once and are not able to focus on them all and giving them the proper on-boarding process to be successful. They are tremendously out of touch with their talent. I was being trained and I asked for feedback as critique so I can improve, but she told me she was too busy to help me help the company improve as a brand new hire and left me to fend for myself. Operations team seems stressed, under pressure, and it rubs off on people poorly by creating a hostile, toxic and unwelcoming environment. My environment was filled with bad attitudes and vulgar, offensive, unprofessional language on a daily to the point of feeling extreme discomfort. The company defiantly does NOT live up with its core values and the greatly displayed culture is not false.Through my experience here, I have dealt with miscommunication and lack of communication. I was hired on as talent here, but I do not possess the talent to read someone’s mind. This company reads great on paper, the building looks great on the inside, but once add and keep the toxic employees, it is a nightmare.

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Slalom Response
6y
This is John Tobin. This is pretty inconsistent with what we typically hear, so I'd be happy to talk to you more about what you experienced if you would like - simply email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to speak. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
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