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Slalom

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3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,523 total reviews)
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Brad Jackson

46% approve of CEO

35% 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 3,523 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
Jan 26, 2017

Atlanta: Great employees, lousy leadership.

Consultant
Recommend
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Pros

(Atlanta specific.) You'll get experience at different companies. There are a lot of social activities that are company sponsored, such as an annual retreat, team happy-hour, and meet-and-greets, plus occasional affinity group activities. Professional development opportunities exist, but access to them can be highly dependent on your manager. The most talented group is the recruiting department - they genuinely find good great people to be consultants. The place is full of smart and skilled interesting and diverse people at the consultant level. Managers are highly variable in quality, but many are good. As with much of consulting, salaries can be high, health benefits are about average, and leadershp does appear to be trying to do something about the 401K plan which has definitely been lacking.

Cons

(Atlanta specific.) While individual managers are often good, overall leadership is missing. The senior leadership team is conflict-avoidant and this cascades through the company. "Get along, be happy, don't disagree" is a mantra you should get used to. If you have a family, or are introverted you may find the social aspects of the company burdensome. Failure to participate in sufficient social gatherings can cause you to be labeled an "outsider" or "not well known". More than one colleague reported their annual review including a high personal performance rating, but some comments about needing to improve on "getting to know people in the company" which drew their overall rating down. Strangely, being too well known can also be a problem. Being a smaller company, there is a challenge promoting talented people to greater responsibility. To be fair, Slalom is actively trying to address this problem.

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Slalom Response
9y
This is John Tobin. Thanks for the thoughtful review that I will share with the Atlanta team. I feel that if the Atlanta leadership team does things behind closed doors, it's probably more just not to burden others and allow our consultants to do what they do best, which is come through for our clients. Still there probably are times when the direct conflict management approach should be taken into account as you state above. As for opening a number of offices, I admit we did stretch a little in 2016, but this was more about finding the right leaders for those markets quicker than we thought we would. It really did not put a strain on our values (nor should it ever) as we had that investment already planned for but in some cases, the clock on the investment started a little earlier. We probably could do a better job in communicating our investment strategy there, but I really would emphasize again, this is not a move away from our purpose or core values - I personally would never sacrifice that. Feel free to email me more feedback at johnt@slalom.com or if you wish to provide feedback anonymously simply go here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks
3.0
Jan 23, 2017

Over Promised and Under Delivered

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Air travel not required - Daily commutes will vary based on local models. - Nice people - Everyone I have met is truly a nice and respectful person.

Cons

- Staff augmentation - They place people into roles versus sell projects and deploy project teams. All "projects" I have seen have been staffing work. - Lack of transparency regarding type of work during hiring process - That's the nice way of saying they were not forthright with the type of work in the pipeline. - Work does not align with interests or skill sets - Again, they are placing people into slots that a client or another consulting firm needs filled. There is little information regarding how you can align yourself with suitable work. - Employees with highly variable skill sets and levels of competency are all branded as "consultant". This seems to reinforce the staffing model.

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Slalom Response
9y
This is John Tobin. I totally agree that we should always be upfront during our recruiting / hiring process. My hope would be that you are sharing your dissatisfaction with the type of work / project you are on with your people manager. Many of our markets have rolled out a "Meaningful Work" indicator which we are using to get a pulse from our consultants on the project they are assigned to. You can also schedule a time with me to further discuss what you are seeing - simply email me at johnt@slalom.com. If you wish to provide feedback anonymously simply go here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks
1.0
Jan 22, 2017

Body Shop

Consultant
Recommend
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Pros

Really no pros to working here.

Cons

Body shop bordering on small cult / pyramid scheme.

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Slalom Response
9y
This is John Tobin. I'm hoping that you share your view of your time here with your people manager or your market leadership. I have heard the small cult type of statement before because we definitely are big on celebrating our values and purpose, but never heard a pyramid scheme before - I actually kind of chuckled on this. I would be interested in what you are seeing which would give you that idea, I hope you reach out to me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to talk. Of course if you wish to provide feedback anonymously simply go here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks
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