Slalom reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,513 total reviews)
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47% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Slalom has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,513 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
1.0
Sep 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The offerings provided add value to the clients and solve real business problems. There are some very smart people working at Slalom.

Cons

Please do not overlook my perspective because you feel I am disgruntled. I want to share my excruciating, terrifying experience I had working at Slalom in case some people feel the same way and are feeling alone. Not to be overly dramatic, but I still have PTSD from my time at Slalom, certain things set off severe anxiety. 90% of the people working at Slalom are mean. There is zero room for error and everyone looks down on each other's work. People are constantly criticized except the few elite who are overly coddled and congratulated. Slalom people care more about what university you attended and what your IQ is than who you are as a person and what your character is. Although they claim to be a highly diverse organization, it's completely untrue. If you attend the national sales meeting with over 200 attendees, 95% are white men. Women's work is not equally respected or compensated. My manager was horrible, so mean and cold. Zero personality. This I point out because it is a symptom of the company. They breed these type of people. One night I was in Seattle and stepped up to the hotel bar by myself. Three men sitting next to me did not know I was a Slalom employee. They were so rude and disgusting, talking so much crap about their own company.... Slalom. Calling their manager fat and ugly and making derogatory comments to women in the bar, going on and on about how Slalom is the worst place to work bla bla bla. On the other side of me were two people from Microsoft, I looked over to them and they were equally disgusted. I told them I worked for Slalom but these other men at the bar didn't know that. They proceeded to tell me how horrible of a reputation Slalom has for being a terrible place to work and how many clients feel the people are mean and look down on them as stupid. I could go on, but I think I have made my point. This is not the place for everyone. If you are mean, highly intelligent, and like to put others down, this is the place for you.

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Slalom Response
8y
This is John Tobin. I just can't imagine what you experienced here, but I would love to understand, if you are willing to share. Simply set up a call by emailing me at johnt@slalom.com. I hope you do this. Alternatively, If you’d like to share more anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.
2.0
Jan 6, 2016

Mini-Accenture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

What remains of the initial culture that existed 5 years ago is still a positive. Each employee is empowered to say "No" which doesn't exist in many other organizations (whether they be industry or professional services). Work/Life balance remains a priority across the organization...In Denver this holds true depending upon whom you work for. More and more of the account leadership resources are pushing to sell solutions (likely based upon pressure from National) which do not exist or are otherwise immature. This results in long hours and poor delivery. In a relatively small market such as Denver, Slalom cannot afford poor delivery.

Cons

After 5 years with Slalom I've watched it shift from a very people and client focused organization to a model shaped, by and large, from Accenture. Much of the leadership team in the Denver office is ex-ACN and are ever changing the culture and approach to mimic that of their previous employer. No longer is the focus on aligning closely with the client but to deliver a solution ... often one that doesn't exist. Communication within leadership and down to those delivering work is near non-existent. The result is an expectation by the project teams to know what leadership expects even with the absence of clear communication. This is accepted by senior leadership and even fostered so long as revenue numbers are met. Like ACN, sales = success regardless of the price to people or culture.

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Slalom Response
10y
This is John Tobin. I'll share your feedback with the GM of Denver. I would encourage you to talk to him directly on this type of stuff that you are seeing. I have conversations with him (Brian T) often about our culture and taking care of people and I feel he would be receptive to the conversation - especially the constructive feedback. I do want to say that the annual survey is anonymous. I have never seen who said what in our SES survey. We do track and are aware if people took the survey or not, but I promise you the results on who voted / commented is not shared and I can not see it. Thanks for your dedication over the years you have been with Slalom. Feel free to reach out to me too if you want to have a conversation about what you are seeing / feeling. Email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to talk. Thanks, John T
2.0
Sep 16, 2015

Don't be fooled

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly people, fun events, great GM

Cons

Lack of professional leaders, lack of diversity, they tend to lose key accounts.

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