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      Slalom

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      Slalom reviews

      3.5

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (3,514 total reviews)
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      Brad Jackson

      47% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 3,514 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
      3.0
      Jun 23, 2015

      Good Culture, Middle Management Issues

      Management consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      One of the best cultures I've seen in consulting. Definite push toward being fair and equal to all genders, ethnic groups, orientations, etc. Visible effort to receive anonymous employee feedback and try to address concerns. Strong push towards hiring women. Some Training Opportunities

      Cons

      Upper Management have vision. Middle management has problems. New managers very lacking management experience. High chance of being placed into roles unrelated to your background at some point in your time at Slalom. Middle Management downward communication is very poor. I awaited responses to emails for upwards of 6-12 months. Upper Management advocates that if a project isn't for you for whatever reason (skills, people, etc), you can talk to your people manager about it, but in my experience they ignore you. The company has prided itself on aiding you take the next step in your career. I spent so much time assigned to a role that had nothing to do with my expertise/ past experience (in a different practice than mine) that my people manager started telling people I was better suited for it. My P.M. started realizing some of my prior skills after being in management for a year. I felt like I went backwards in my career because I kept waiting on / going back and forth with my People Manager. Be wary. I think this company is much better if you're on the management consulting side, because they're better connected internally. Technical Consultants can be put in the back-burner and ignored.

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      This is John Tobin. Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. We will continue to work with the So Cal leadership team to make sure they are hearing this type of feedback and taking action to address. Feel free to email johnt@slalom.com if you want to talk more directly about your experiences with Slalom.
      2.0
      Dec 19, 2014

      consulting firm without a plan

      Consultant
      Recommend
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      Pros

      if you are not on the IT side, there is decent work/life balance. Some interesting folks in the company.

      Cons

      Boring clients with boring projects. Obviously they don't get the kind of projects you expect in a big 4 consulting firm or even management consulting. You do whatever work comes your way. The management simply puts bodies at projects. Also, i have noticed the IT team is understaffed even though majority of the projects are IT. There are more managers than developers! There is a lot of bureaucracy within the company. Majority of the clients are local mom n pop shops or small businesses after whom the big consulting firms will not go after. So the projects tend to be very boring with limited learning. If you are coming from a big firm, the benefits is a joke!

      1.0
      Aug 3, 2011

      Body shop with little concern for quality overly focused on staffing any role with no internal career path

      Consultant lacky
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Flexibility - Some variety in the work - Network development

      Cons

      - Lack of substance on being "consultant focused" - Managers are time approvers and focused on filling staffing opps, little more - Poor career path or advancement opportunities. The overly hyped "Career Development Framework" is poorly supported and barely used - Installed base of leadership are a clique - Work/life balance is a joke - Totally reliant on a small group of big clients - be prepared for "wash, rinse, repeat" from engagement to engagement - PTO is poor - leaders are always "looking at it" and never doing anything about it - No tolerance for differing points of view or those who don't drink the leadership kool aid - assimilate or leave - Shark tank attitude between incompetent sales team and customer account mgrs to land any role and get a warm body on it - They market the life out of the "best place to work" surveys that aren't really credible - Absence of "straight talk" internally, typical Seattle "fake nice" - Obsession with national growth and driving revenue for the owner with little opportunity for others to share in the success or maturing Slalom's practices - Slalom's spin on non-profit "contributions" are limited to employees doing things on their own time with no real investment from Slalom

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