Slalom reviews

I have been with slalom for nearly 8 years and stayed with them mostly because of the project I am on. Over the last year I have gotten a new boss who has harassed me and been very verbally abusive. I was told by my contact who placed me from Slalom that our jobs as consultants is to make sure that the projects run smoothly for our clients. I did that-however the treatment has gotten worse. I have brought this up not only with my Slalom contact but other management from HR. This is not the first issue that I have tried escalating. I had a problem 4 years ago on a project and they did not care to even listen. I'm sorry to say it but this place is over rated. Good reviews have gotten to the company very quickly but the treatment they give is just terrible. My contact at Slalom is absolutely terrible and just a tool. How she got the job she has blows my mind. The verbal abuse I have gotten is not appropriate and I will say their sister companies are no better.

While Slalom consultants excel at building technology solutions, they often fail at selling solutions that are a good fit for clients. They introduce solutions prematurely, significantly shortchanging the planning phase of a project. Unfortunately, many Slalom implemented solutions suffer low user adoption because the right planning was not done up front. While this may not be true across all Slalom locations, in-fighting, has become all too common in the Atlanta office. Recently, Slalom introduced several new middle management roles that were intended to help retain consultants by providing advancement opportunities. However, these roles were not well defined, and they created confusion, distrust, and, ultimately power struggles within the organization. Unfortunately, consultant morale has suffered as a result. Many clients see Slalom employees as contractors (not consultants) so be prepared to toss your best practices out the window and rework your deliverables until you are blue in the face to please clients who see you as nothing more than an order taker. Do not forget that a senior role at Slalom typically does not mean that you’ll be given more challenging work to do only that you’ll be expected to do junior level work faster. If your enthusiasm for Slalom does not rise to the level of religious zealotry, you are probably not going to advance far with this company. Be prepared to attend all company after-hour functions and stay until last call if you want to stay visible and relevant. Also, you will be encouraged to provide feedback about Slalom on surveys and on social networking sites with the unspoken understanding that it won’t be negative. Beware of unexplained delays and sloppy bookkeeping. Don’t be surprised if your vacation hours disappear or the utilization rate that determines your annual raise and bonus ends up lower than the time sheets indicate. Even routine changes, such as converting from hourly to salary or taking an earned sabbatical, take weeks to get approved.