Development Dimensions International Reviews

Pros

Without question it is the culture. Highly customer focused, high integrity and you work with some very smart and capable dedicted to excellence.

Cons

At times decision making could be sped up to meet the cadence of client business. Resources have been a bit constrained the past couple years.

Pros

The culture, financial stability, the work itself. Sense of support and wilingness of colleagues to help.....very few turf wars

Cons

There are times we try to do too much without the resources needed to fully deliver the best result possible.

Pros

The culture is very family-like. Everyone is treated with respect.

Cons

The benefits aren't the best, but reasonable and competitive.

Pros

highly enabled team--people love to help and support each other
inter-personally adept culture. FOR REAL. it was like working in a fluffy cloud
culture and climate 2nd to none
the rich SME is 2nd to none
the idea of having as many i/o phds in consulting is super duper smart and boy those folks are brillliant
excellent work life balance
once i made it through the perm full time, i was well on my way, 2 promotions in 3 years

Cons

COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION
need better advancement of HRMS IT
can be hard to advance...people are generally hand picked, not all great talent gets fair opportunity to advance
bit of a good ole boy network, despite the knowledge and effectiveness of the consultants

Advice to Senior Management

i wouldn't know what to say except compensation, but it will NEVER EVER happen. opcomm gets away with it because they CAN. people don't get paid but don't leave. 60% of the people i used to work with over 15 years ago are still there

Pros

Robust selection and assessment tools, lots of standardized tools so you don't have to create them as you go. Solid global reputation and presence.

Cons

Comp and benefits stink. It used to have such a great culture that you could bear with it, but that culture is no more, so why bother. Only consultants have brains but get no pay, sales people are treated like they get tons of pay, but have no brains (and the days of high pay are gone). Very little feedback from leaders, development focuses on "fixing you" instead of helping you do more of your best.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen more, talk less. Think long term, and try to rebuild the culture you once had. Pay consultants, respect sales people.

Pros

Opportunities are endless at DDI. People are magnificent. Senior leadership is cautious but not overly cautious. DDI is privately held, and that allows us to flexibility that public companies don't enjoy.

Cons

Everyone here works very hard, and while the company encourages work-life balance, and means it - the employee personalities drive us to do more. nobody i know works 40 hours a week.

Advice to Senior Management

our leaders are amazing. they don't need my advice

Pros

If you're in the solution groups - then you're in a good place!

Cons

The sales organization has changed a lot! The new DDI "yellow box" initiative will be tough on clients... The only way clients will talk to or see a consultant is when they will be buying something.

Sales organization is command and control for the most part.

Advice to Senior Management

Sales leadership is weak in several areas. Yellow box is not a good idea.

I remember when the culture was like one big family...oh well.

Pros

Opportunities for development
Travel
Positive company culture
Company supported work life balance

Cons

If you're not an initiator or need to be "managed" by others than you my struggle in getting ahead and making a name for yourself in the organization.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize that your culture is very different than any other organization ( in a good way) and because of that new employees may need more support in adjusting to such a positive work environment.

Pros

Great colleagues, interesting and very diverse work, very good leadership. Best culture I've worked in in a 20+ year career. Agree with OPCOM decision making 90+ percent of the time. What more could you possibly ask for?

Cons

It is a high performing culture. Can't take much of a break. We do need to fix some technology issues, but the work is underway and I feel confident it will be achieved.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work!

Pros

Good values of most employees
Innovative
Good benefits
Very client focused
Team oriented
High quality professional staff
Global focus

Cons

Poor and controlling decision making by executives
Unclear career path
Culture is not bottom-line oriented but executive decisions are
Poor performers not held accountable

Advice to Senior Management

Hold poor performers accountable
Clearer career path
More leader transparency
More competitive salary