BearingPoint Reviews in Atlanta, GA Area

Pros

Good learning environment for the consulting field - plenty of structure provided, but not a totalitarian "my way or the highway" environment. Management tends to be very pragmatic.

Cons

Currently experiencing corporate-level turbulence, getting in the way of how the company as a whole is viewed. As well, some internal business units are still reorganizing after the most recent CEO transition and related trickle-down.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more proactively - have been making great strides, but don't stop. Provide greater rewards for longevity with the company and make the rewards prominent during review process and elsewhere as one way to reduce turnover. The turnover rate is still too high.

Pros

The training opportunities and people I work with are the best reasons. We have plenty of work socials as well. The per diem for travel days and 4 weeks vacation beat industry jobs. My direct management and managing director have been great at making sure the good people on the team stay happy.

Cons

One of the downsides of most consulting industry jobs are being away from home and your family for three nights per week. BearingPoint has not have much of a bonus program in the three years that I have been here. There is also some instability of the company's future with everyone jumping ship.

Advice to Senior Management

Give us some kind of validation that the company is going to be around in 5 years

Pros

The people at the client service level are some of the best.

Cons

Constant pressure of RIFs. Can't staff a project because we have zero bench strength. Attrition is very high. Employee satisfaction is very low. The company is being run like a 'body shop' not a real consultancy. Very poor financial management. Corporate accounting is pushed down to the project level. Solution delivery methodology is dead (or best case dying) due to the lack of continued investment (yes ProvenCourse was a start, but it quickly became a confusing marketing tool).

Advice to Senior Management

Stop hiring MDs / VPs and promote from within. Cut costs at the corp level, not the delivery staff; there is tremendous waste in this area. Stop wasting money giving severance packages to senior executives only to continually fire them and pay them out.