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      Slalom

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      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

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      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 3,512 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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      4K reviews
      2.0
      May 6, 2019

      Staff Aug Central

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great colleagues, low stress low hours and still a little entrepreneurial. You don’t have to follow a set track here, you’re able to make your own way to some degree

      Cons

      Slalom used to have interesting work where we partnered with our clients. We helped them define their goals, and guided them towards best in class ideas from our experience in the market. That has all changed. Now we basically just ask clients what they want and tell them how many people and weeks it will take to do what their asking. Pushing back and suggesting better approaches doesn’t happen often. And senior leadership have basically become the thought police. Just today the CEO sent an email asking everyone not to use the term “hey guys” because it’s not gender neutral. I doubt the CEO of McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte or Accenture has time to make it appear they are addressing inequality. They’re probably too busy actually doing something about it rather than talking about it.

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      Slalom Response
      7y
      This is John Tobin. I would love to talk to you more about what you are seeing with the type of work we are doing. I am personally extremely focused on moving us up the value chain to focus on larger outcomes and transformations for our clients. Please send me an email to discuss further - johnt@slalom.com - we can set up a time to chat. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
      1.0
      Mar 26, 2019

      Very low quality projects

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Nothing at all !! !!

      Cons

      No real “ consulting “ work Low salaries Nonexistent benefits Forced Glassdoor reviews Majority of the employees here are burnouts who couldn’t make it at other consulting companies They feel like home here because it’s a big bunch of incompetent frat boy meetup. I remember how they staffed a senior consultant to simply do testing as they didn’t have any project from him at that moment

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      Slalom Response
      7y
      This is John Tobin. Hard to comment on this one without understanding more of the context and your experiences. If you want to talk about what you really experienced, please send me an email at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to chat. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
      2.0
      Feb 14, 2019

      Slalom's value proposition decreases dramatically over time.

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      Pros

      At first, the company seems like an engaging place to work. Lots of energy and friendly enough people. Company hosted events can be fun. If you are liked enough by senior leaders, you may get invited to their inner circle. If your leader is good, you will get some mentoring that may advance your career.

      Cons

      Good leaders are very few and far between. If you are not selling work, there is no meaningful advancement. The novelty of social engagement wears down, and you become an outsider to your org, office, and practice group. You may realize, too late, that you wasted your time in your billable title, while doing the real leadership work that keeps people together and going strong. Be prepared to be let down by a failed recognition system that values people who can brag the most effectively. Eventually, you leave, disappointed in Slalom for not seeing your value and accomplishments. You leave disappointed in yourself for being fooled by a false corporate culture. You will leave and see Slalom for the machine that it is; it takes talented people and makes them sales people, or marginalized experts, while chasing the elusive 50% margin to make the highest leaders extremely rich for doing nothing more than standing up a pyramid scheme.

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      Slalom Response
      7y
      This is John Tobin. We have likely met in the past and I would really love to see how things evolved for you while here. Like many in consulting, to move into elevated roles, some sales goes with this. That said, we are working on a more clear model that celebrates our capabilities and above all the outcomes we are driving for our clients. This has always been the intent, but I admit sometimes this is downplayed within certain markets, certain teams. If there is more you would like to share with me, email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to talk. 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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