Slalom reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,512 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 3,512 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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2.0
Mar 6, 2023

Poor mans consulting firm

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Pros

Very selective and trying to do things right.

Cons

1. You have to be always wired as it comes with consulting, however it is contrary to what they claim. 2. My leader wants work to be done off hours but doesn’t let me put those hours as chargeable. I have heard the same thing from my colleagues. This is one way for people to get promoted, as in, have people work double hours and charge half. Engagement are a hit. 3. I have seen people getting multiple promotions within a short span of time. e.g consultant to Director in 4 years. Good for the person but not so good for the junior folks as a person with a title and no real life experience is leading them. 4. Now I am being asked to come to office to warm up chairs. 5. I live closer to downtown office, which is a train ride away and down own a car. I have had clients in suburbs and had to pay out of pocket for uber and commuter, and we were told we cant reimburse. 6. Annual goal setting is a joke and you are on your own to put your priorities and goals—seriously? 7. Some leaders lack basic social skills, including speaking and writing. Everybody should be made to write a paper/give writing sample as the interview process to weed out folks. 8. My practice leaders don’t have a standard methodology that they can apply(process, templates etc) and everything is on the fly. **Anybody can put two and two together and infer why Slalom is able to bid low

2.0
Feb 15, 2023

Lost the Plot

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Pros

All pros and cons are from my perception or experience while working at Slalom: - There's some flexibility to drive your career where you want, but you'll also be required to maintain "check the box" expectations based on your role to a fault...Given this, you'll have to overextend to grow expertise outside of your role, leading to burnout - and this is only becoming more prominent as Slalom grows and becomes more corporate. More corporate tends to equal "stay in your box" and less room for to take a path less traveled. - There are still some great people here, despite them becoming harder to find as Slalom continues to grow.

Cons

All pros and cons are from my perception or experience while working at Slalom: - Slalom has seemed to have lost the plot on their core values. Slalom seems to be growing without much of a strategy, except to follow in other large consulting firms footsteps. As Slalom grows, their differentiation has dwindled. - Less competitive pay and benefits compared to other Big 4 / established consulting firms. - Lots of "drinking the kool-aid"...to a point where, ironically, colleagues tend to come off less genuine to fit themselves into the mold. - Some Senior Leadership did not practice the core values that they preached. Lots of smoke and mirrors.

1.0
May 23, 2022

Avoid if you can

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Pros

It’s like working at a glorified frat or sorority house, it can be an okay experience if you were in one in college.

Cons

Overall, I would tell anyone to avoid working here. The leadership is horribly political and more involved in their own gains than truly developing and mentoring their people or driving new business. Benefits are also very poor, terrible 401k match and health plan options, and salaries are not competitive.

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