Unfortunately, I have also witnessed and been on the receiving end of a lot of very unprofessional and sometimes flat-out obscene conduct from Trinity colleagues.
The company recruits a lot of recent grads from Ivy League schools. So you get a bunch of young kids, some of whom are understandably quite immature, you throw extravagant parties with overnight stays and unlimited amount of alcohol, and perhaps unsurprisingly what you get… is a certain kind of show. The worst part is management is actively encouraging bad behavior at these types of social events. Oftentimes, management is instigating and participating in drunken shenanigans.
On top of your actual work performance, promotions and getting interesting project work are also quite dependent on how others perceive you and your “coolness” factor/popularity. Going out drinking and socializing with other Trinity employees is almost a requirement. Favoritism and elitism are well entrenched.
If I were to sum up the company culture briefly, it would be with a tired expression of “Work hard, play hard.” Work hard is self-explanatory. People at Trinity work really hard. The “play hard” part is completely out of hand, in my opinion. Management probably knows this, HR definitely knows this (HR is completely powerless to do anything), but there is no interest or willingness to change.
Self-congratulatory platitudes and bold assertions at Trinity’s value-add as a consulting firm are never ending. Obviously people should get credit, feel good about their accomplishments and genuinely pat each other on the back for the work well done and well received, but pretending we are somehow saving lives by creating a forecasting model for a drug launch is a bit much, no? The weird part is that it is not at all pretending. Trinity hardliners truly seem to believe in all that.
