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4.6

91% would recommend to a friend

(102 total reviews)

83% positive business outlook

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4.7

Culture & values

4.7

Work/Life balance

4.4

Senior management

4.3

Compensation and benefits

4.3

Career opportunities

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

Solution Design Group has an employee rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 102 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Solution Design Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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102 reviews
5.0
Dec 1, 2021

The VERY Best Consulting Firm to work for in the Twin Cities!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've been in the consulting field in the Twin Cities for over 20 years, and have worked for a number of firms. SDG is, HANDS DOWN, the best consulting firm I've ever worked for. Their commitment to an amazing employee experience is unlike any other firm. At SDG, you are far more than "just a contractor" but an integral part of the company. It's great to work for a company in which I am also considered a part-owner as well! The culture here is great, I think the sense of ownership we all have in SDG brings us all together in ways other consulting firms can't match. Overall, my experience with SDG has been incredible. I think staffing firms and "body shops" give consulting work a bad name, but with SDG, I take pride in working for a great company, and also with great clients! We work on really cool projects that allow me to grow my skills. I also don't have to worry about working more than 40 hours a week on most projects - which gives me a great work-life balance as well!

Cons

As a consultant, sometimes you don't end up with a "great project" though SDG's clients all seem pretty great, so that's less of a concern here. Sometimes you may have to commute a bit longer than you'd ideally like, but of course over the past couple of years that hasn't been an issue either.

5.0
Jul 19, 2018

Three year review

Consultant
Recommend
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Pros

Having worked for sdg for over three years I have a bit more of a detailed review of what it's like to work at sdg: The ops (management) team puts in a ton of effort to make the consultants feel valued and happy. They hold many different meetings and parties throughout the year for the consultants which always have lots of yummy food and drinks. The resource managers (a consultants first point of contact) make every effort to ensure that you are setup for success and they will meet with you every month or so to catch up and see how things are going and you can voice any concerns with them or just catch up and have coffee or lunch. The other sdg consultants are some of the brightest people I have ever worked with. Lots of these people are google-caliber developers and everyone is always happy help one another. The consultants are all very engaged and truly rockstars. The ESOP is a cool program where you can get extra money thrown towards your retirement. As an ESOP everyone is invested and wants the company to do well. The perks are really good - they have everything from cabins for the employee's to the yearly Saints game where you can bring your family (kids included!) for a fun evening with lots of food and snacks at a baseball game. Consulting is a great way to get tons of exposure, make many connections, and learn a wealth of information very quickly. TLDR - sdg goes above and beyond to ensure that the clients have an exceptional customer experience, and the employee's have an exceptional employee experience.

Cons

Three years in and the complaints I have are few and fairly minor... If a client doesn't provide you with a computer setup then sdg will provide you with one... The equipment sdg provides is pretty much garbage (think laptops with 4gb of RAM, i5, no SSD). These setups would be ok for an average consumer, but this is a tech firm so you would think they would provide a little better equipment for consultants running programs that require a lot of horsepower. I do believe that if I were to ask them for a machine with more juice that they would give me something better, but this should just be the standard. The holiday schedule could be improved as there is currently a "forced" PTO program. They have days (Christmas Eve for example) where the office is closed and you either have to bill out at your client for 8 hours if your client is open, OR you are forced to use 8 hours of PTO that day. There are three or four of these days a year so basically you can expect to subtract those days from whatever PTO you are allotted. There are 5 actual holidays that you get off without having to use PTO. It would be nice if you didn't have to use PTO for these other 3-4 days. There is no 401k match. It's an ESOP so it offsets that a little bit, but it's tough to tell whether or not it will be better or worse than a 401k match. You may get thrown on some old technology. sdg tries not to deal with any old or outdated technologies, but there are instances where it's unavoidable. I have a strong emphasis on may because you may also get thrown on cutting edge technology. You have to be ok with whatever. You don't really have any opportunity to move up or down the ladder - if you want to eventually get into a management role or something like that it probably won't happen at sdg. All of the consultants hold the same "Consultant" title which can be good or bad depending on where you are at in your career.

4.0
Apr 11, 2018

Fantastic company for those that prefer the contractor/consultant way of work

Technical solutions consultant
Recommend
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Pros

- The home office culture is fantastic. When I joined their team it was like being the newest member of a happy little neighborhood. Everyone in the office somehow knew my name, and for the first time in my professional career, I saw people smile as we walked past each other down the cubicle isles. - The employees are highly skilled and highly passionate. They are some of the most engaged people I've worked with and they put a great amount of care into their craft. - They take care of you, and they let you know you're appreciated. They host several employee appreciation events, and they reward above and beyond hard work with extra perks. The department heads (Sr Directors) also make a point to engage with you and catch up with you often. - It's sink or swim, which can be a double edged sword, but ultimately it kept the employee quality and attitudes consistent and cooperative. There's never anyone slacking or not carrying their weight on a project.

Cons

- It's consulting/contracting. Sometimes you're required to learn deprecated languages and associated technologies so you can enhance a client's code base from 2008. - Though the home office culture is great, you only experience that when working at the home office. Otherwise, you'll experience and adhere to the culture of the client's workplace, which will most likely be a Fortune 100 corporate company environment since that's the bulk of the client base. No amount of comped drinks at employee appreciation events can make you ignore the feelings associated with that if you don't thrive in that environment.

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Solution Design Group Response
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Thank you so much for leaving such a detailed review with constructive feedback and a reminder to us as an operations team that we can always do more to make our consultants feel valued and a part of our culture even when they are not at our home office. We are always learning so feel free to reach out us to provide any other feedback or suggestions.
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