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      Slalom

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      Slalom reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (3,523 total reviews)
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      Brad Jackson

      47% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      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
      2.0
      Sep 29, 2016

      No growth for internal employees unless you are a favorite or proficient in sycophancy

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Learned tons, expanded network, worked mostly with smart people.

      Cons

      Work-life balance, favoritism, clique culture. In my experience as an internal employee, I witnessed that those who are proficient at stroking the ego of leadership or were chosen as a favorite by leadership are the ones who benefit from career growth. It is not based on skillset, but rather if your manager does not feel threatened by you. Managers I have come across will put their own growth ahead of yours, and you will not be allowed to grow before they do. Advice to prospective internal employees - if you have growth aspirations, especially interest in consulting, make sure your manager has googly eyes for you within the first year. If you do not see this in a short amount of time, you will not be allowed to reach your goals.

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      Slalom Response
      9y
      This is John Tobin. I have said for many years of my professional life is I try to hire people that are smarter than me and allow them every opportunity to grow. We talk a lot about being vulnerable at Slalom and I would hope that our employees could be very open and provide this type of feedback to the people they report to. I appreciate you calling this out - if you want to share more about your specific experience, feel free to email me at johnt@slalom.com to schedule a time to chat. If you have more feedback that you'd like to share anonymously, please complete this short survey at any time: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks.
      4.0
      Sep 29, 2016

      Great company within the consulting model

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      1. Work life balance 2. Very smart and experienced professionals 3. Annual company retreat 4. FaceTime with leadership. Within a practice area it's relatively flat so it's very common for the most junior consultant to be transparent with the director or MD 5. Leadership actually listens to the feedback that you provide and most of the time will only staff you on a project that you agree to be on 6. Much less bureaucratic than the big four 7. Cell phone and transit expenses subsidized. (It's a local consulting model!)

      Cons

      1. Staff aug projects - this is case by case but I believe leadership is fully aware and making efforts to move towards true consulting work 2. PTO is improving but needs to be better since it includes any time off such as sick days and we have fewer holidays than the competition and even many of our clients 3. Deals with the same problems as our big 4 competitors that can lead to a negative stigma of companies hiring consultants. For example, having an office wide focus on increasing and measuring utilization and placing utilization targets, hence creating a vested interest for consultants to bill more hours. Perhaps the right answer to increasing utilization is restructuring how we sell work, or finding the appropriate work to sell, rather than asking consultants to "work" (Bill) more hours

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      Slalom Response
      9y
      This is John Tobin. Thanks for your review. I like your suggestions in looking for and selling the type of work that we want - and this will help our consultants have the right number of billable hours. I think our consultants are often in the best position to help us realize what those opportunities at a given client and it's this type of feedback the leaders / sellers of the office need to hear - so I'm hoping you share these thoughts with your local leaders. It's a great point about diversifying our office wide events and I hope you raise your hand to help impact those events - admittedly, I think we need those reminders to get others to organize them and make them as inclusive as possible. Also, feel free to contact me and schedule a time to chat about any of this - johnt@slalom.com. If you have more feedback that you'd like to share anonymously, please complete this short survey at any time: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks.
      5.0
      Sep 23, 2016

      Largest of the small consulting companies

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Flexible and entrepreneurial company. Your future is what you make it. Lots of support and solutions to make a big impact.

      Cons

      The effort is up to you. Nothing is handed to you.

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      Slalom Response
      9y
      Thank you so much for sharing your reflections on 10+ years with Slalom. It's wonderful to hear that you have access to the support and solutions that you need to do your work well and be impactful. Your feedback to 'keep up the good work' will be shared with leadership. If you have additional feedback that you'd like to share please complete this short survey at any time: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thank you for being with Slalom!
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