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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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      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
      Jul 19, 2018

      Consultant

      Solutions architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The veterans are wonderful.

      Cons

      Let me break it down: Expectation: Local consulting means less travel Reality: 4 hour commute to some remote suburb with no option to work from home. Expectation: Direct your career to what you want to do Reality: The Chicago market is already quite limited to healthcare and pharma clients. Slalom is not big enough to have the option to pick and choose projects within these industries - they staff people on any project they can sell. Expectation: The firm has a fun culture with lots of employee events. Reality: You can attend events here and there if you’re not tired from your commute or your client work eating up your life. Chances are you won’t even make it to the Chicago office. Don’t buy into the lip service. Question if this company is really taking you where you want to go, or if it’s just an illusion.

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      Slalom Response
      7y
      This is John Tobin. Thanks for your review, I'll forward to the Chicago team to review although I admit that sometimes based on where people live, commutes can be tough. Some of our clients will allow remote work and some will not and it sounds like this did not play out in your favor. If you have any other specific experiences you want to share with me, simply 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. Thanks
      1.0
      Nov 1, 2017

      Find another consulting firm

      Solutions principal
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The consultants are amazing people with incredible smarts, drive and creativity.

      Cons

      Leadership is terrible in DC. They are hierarchical, bureaucratic, and focused on the wrong things. Slalom is a local model and yet they are sourcing clients that would be a 2 hour drive one way for their teams. Slalom is supposed to be a flat organization, not an up and out org like the big 4, but the DC leadership team pressures people to move up and take on more responsibility even if they do not want too. DC leadership doesn't live up to the values or the mission of Slalom.

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      Slalom Response
      8y
      This is John Tobin. It's probable I met you at some point during your time at Slalom. Please email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to discuss your experiences while at Slalom. Honestly, based on the amazing employee survey scores we had for our DC office, this feedback is very incongruent. Not making excuses - your experiences were yours and we would love to learn from them. If there's more that you'd like to share anonymously please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
      3.0
      Aug 2, 2016

      Management Consultant

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      *Great employees to work with *Doesn't have the typical large consultant structure *Has a wide variety of clients to work for *Generally has pretty interesting projects to work on

      Cons

      *Limited ability for growth into leadership roles and even consultant roles at the company *Cares more about growth than taking care of current consultants *Seems to care more about losing clients than losing good consultants *Trying to be the next Accenture (but don't have same structure to support), which is the opposite of what they pitch during recruiting process (hire more junior resources & more team based projects) *Took away many perks/benefits as they grew *Pushes consultants to give good reviews for best places to work and Glassdoor, so not getting honest feedback for folks reviewing these sites, etc.

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      Slalom Response
      9y
      This is John Tobin. Thanks for your review. We continue to work on and add on to our overall benefit package including more PTO, 401K improvements, new parent policies, etc. We are not perfect here, but we really have added vs. taken away. For me our people are our business, they make us who we are and I try hard to build as many personal relationships as possible with our employees. So I really do care about losing consultants and it's why we continue to strive to get better. I'd be happy to talk to you live about your experience while here at Slalom, if you want just send me an email to set up a time to talk - johnt@slalom.com. If you have more to share, please complete this short, anonymous survey at any time: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thank you.
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