Pros
There are a few gems that work here and if you’re lucky enough to work with them you will become fast friends through commiserating over the multitude of issues here.
Cons
There is anything but accurate and useful communication from leadership and management. The pervasive culture is cutthroat among peers. Vague terms like “some are just not cut out for consulting” about your peers or yourself are common, and team members will encourage you to work overtime and off the clock to get things done. Compensation is abysmal and not anywhere close to “competitive”. While there’s a new push for DEI, minority employees are very much ushered out if they bring up issues that need to be addressed. Some staff are very knowledgeable and are willing to help but often can’t because they are over-allocated on other projects or are otherwise too stressed to help. Others have been at the company a long time but are actually incompetent and are resistant to understanding or accepting any change. Relationships with clients deteriorate in part because of poor communication but also quality of deliverables. Employees that came from the acquisition are treated as not equal and when trying to mesh with the culture is impossible. The data team was used to a very inclusive and transparent culture and Velir promotes a culture of fear; fear of losing your job, fear of being punished for asking too many questions, fear of rocking the boat. Many people from the acquisition were let go in favor of long time Velir staff even when they had seniority and were best suited for their “redundant” roles. Employee enablement is nonexistent and you can expect that anything you ask for (tangible or otherwise) will be immediately shot down.
