BearingPoint Reviews

Pros

Low wall culture, flexibility on projects, informal

Cons

raises and bonuses were pitiful, performance feedback and assessment process only based on one persons feedback for most part, even a little bench time can mean a layoff

Advice to Senior Management

you did a great job getting us over to Deloitte, it's worlds better there

Pros

Friendly work environment that really helps one stay focused on the task at hand: getting a job once the company goes totally under.

Cons

Bankruptcy and other small problems with financial miscalculations, SOX compliance issues... not much in the way of a future here.

Advice to Senior Management

Take her down easy and enjoy that windfall of cash once the company has been completely sold and liquidated to the creditors, etc.

Pros

- Is willing to invest in non-standard big4 candidates (invest on experience over education or consulting past).
- Very entrepreneurial, but very well organized in an approach to deliver.
- Provided a solid framework for delivery, taking a lot of guesswork out of approved methodology
- Very respected in the industry

Cons

- Bankrupt, and out of business
- Crippled by the poor financial decisions of past management
- Career growth ended with bankruptcy
- Overly competitive within the firm
- Doesn't encourage collaboration amongst the team

Advice to Senior Management

- You did a great job protecting the firm when it was going down. Thank you for all your effort.

Pros

Good longevity and opportunities to move around...

Cons

lack of communication to employees at critical times

Advice to Senior Management

Bon Voyage - it has been a pleasure driving BearingPoint to success in the past

Pros

Great teamwork environment, with good benefits, training resources and open door policy. While on the bench, there is plenty to do... if one asks for it. Many talented, hardworking and fun people to work with and learn from.

Cons

Lots of management change, lack of leadership and transparency. It was hard to stay motivated when there were lots of smoke screens and ignorance about what was going on.

Advice to Senior Management

Transparency leads to motivation, which leads to deliverance.

Pros

Good quality resources.
The name is well know therefore no problem winning business.

Cons

Lack of vision by upper management.
Management not actively involved in your career path and advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on your employees more and less on the bottom line.
Offer more training and education opps for your employees to stay up on the latest industry trends.

Pros

BearingPoint continues to go strong in the rest of the world and has some top-notch talent, especially in ERP consulting.

Cons

US business is in bankruptcy and its being sold off in chunks, due to the monstrous debt management racked up in an acquision spree several years ago.

Advice to Senior Management

Advice to management of other consultancies - dreaming big is fine, but make darn sure you don't overstep what is a legitimate reality.

Pros

BearingPoint had pretty decent pay for the industry. Company issued a laptop computer, which made it convenient to telecommute periodically.

Cons

Hoteling was difficult. As a BearingPoint business consultant I did not have a home office space on a permenent basis.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow employees to work from home on Federal holidays during which their client host offices are closed, yet not a holiday for BearingPoint.

Pros

good place to work as a recent grad

Cons

poor place for growth...not conducive to keeping seasoned employees..management won't hesistate to step over their employees to futher their own growth but will squash anyone who tries to move forward

Advice to Senior Management

take care of your seasoned emloyees

Pros

Great people, very good project opportunities, structure conducive to winning and delivering, opportunties to advance, not an up or out culture

Cons

Senior Leadership, perhaps in the past if not the present, made poor choices that positioned us to fall as the economy and credit markets soured.

Advice to Senior Management

Communications have been infrequent and not as open and honest as people needed for themselves. These actions have led the most loyal employees to be in a worse circumstance than those who decided to leave months or years ago. For the time that BearingPoint has left, I'd ask for more frequent and honest communications.