Slalom reviews

Often I felt like I wasn't respected for the value I was giving to the company. I had to fight tooth and nail to get a better monitor and laptop while non engineers seemed to all have macbooks. I was put on projects time and time again with companies that wanted us to just keep the lights on. When I complained about the type of work, the standard response was that I needed to improve my attitude and that good engineers and consultants find ways to score even in the darkest of environments. I might of been ok for a while if was getting paid anywhere near the avg software engineers salary. When you get billed at 150+ dollars and hour and only make 30, it feels pretty bad to hear "There just isn't money in the budget" during salary negotiations. When I left I doubled my salary. Slalom seems to care more about tracking what everyone is doing and how long its taking them to do it, then delivering good solutions for its clients.

PTO is pathetic for a consulting organization as large as it is (12 days to start), as is maternity leave (2 months paid). Depending on the client, it may be more staff augmentation than true strategic work.