BearingPoint Reviews in Mountain View, CA

Pros

Flexible work hours, well paid, knowledgeable works force, global presence, interesting opportunities.

As one of the world’s leading management and technology consulting companies, BearingPoint offers a range of challenging and rewarding opportunities whether you're just starting out in your career, looking to advance your career or seeking a senior leadership position.

The consultants are on the front lines of the most pressing problems faced by government and industry in countries around the world.

As a management and technology consultant, we can expose you to the latest management concepts and leading-edge technology solutions. And you’ll have the opportunity to be selected to attend the BearingPoint Leadership Program at the Yale School of Management, a groundbreaking education and training collaboration with Yale University.

The programs are highly competitive, reflecting the importance we place on a long-term relationship with our employees.

Cons

Like any large corporation, one needs to be involved in company politics to enhance your career to the very top.

Advice to Senior Management

None - I believe that one could shape one own future at the company and only oneself would set the limits.

Pros

Some of the people were great

Cons

Too many over head on a project ( many managers to manage managers)

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more people those who really know the subject and what is required to be sucessful

Pros

Experience and travel - I learned more about SQA than I thought I would. I also love travel and in 1.5 years I traveled to many different cities in the US and Canada. Also networked with some amazing people at the staff level and one senior manager that was truly amazing. These people knew SQA and how to help an enterprise achieve their SQA goals.

Cons

While I said travel was good, it is also bad. It kept me away from my family too much. Additoinally, management did not treat the lower levels of staff very well at all. I also worked with a couple of very unprofessional senior managers.

Advice to Senior Management

A person is not measured by how they treat their superiors, but by how they treat their subordinates.

Pros

It's one of the Big-4, therefore you can get a strong project portfolio, learn the internal culture of the Fortune-500 companies and overall industry landscape very quickly. Such experience does open many doors.

Cons

The company just keeps going downhill, and good people have left or are about to leave. BE will be in red at least another year, and likely longer. The utilization metrics drive the overall employment status and process; even if you get on decent project, there is no brand support to your work. Resource realization is poor; senior roles run at 1/3 of the listed hourly rate, and the projects more and more are staff augmentation, with undefined scope and no added value. The remaining leadership is biased and subjective; overall morale is low.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve brand management, knowledge sharing and manage overheads spent on timely SEC filings and compliance.

Pros

Not too many. You can get negotiate for a pretty decent starting salary and be content for a year or two. There is also a slim possibility that you will get an interesting project or two under your belt. Also, if you want to break into consulting, the company may be your best shot given this anemic economy.

Cons

The company is going down faster than the Titanic - and there are few lifeboats left given the economy and the perception that most of the talented folks have left the sinking ship. The stock price is in the toilet and morale absolutely sucks. I believe the debt to equity ratio is around 3:1. There are weekly layoffs - people who are on the bench for 2+ weeks are given pink slips regardless of how talented they are or their prior contributions to the company.

Raises and recognition is non-existent. The average raise is around 2% -- if you get one at all. Management only cares about their numbers, not career growth or progression. I heard about one Managing Director telling his subordinates that he 'only cares about making money and not making you guys happy'. Absolutely pathetic attitudes from the MD level all the way to the executive level. The CEO is clueless - his response to growth strategy on an analyst call is 'to improve and show growth YOY'. Doesn't sound like he'll be writing articles for the Harvard Business Review anytime soon.

Advice to Senior Management

Sell the company and pack it in - your days are numbered.