Pros

In Toronto: Great collegiality. Smart people, many with years of quality experience who made good mentors. Ability to apply creative solutions and not the cookie-cutter approach that some companies apply. Significant independence and good teamwork. Leadership in Toronto was good.

Cons

There was a mass exodus to KPMG, so many of the pros have dissapated. BearingPoint has now been sold to Deloitte and I assume in Toronto, the office will take on a Deloitte culture. Leadership in the US was the main reason colleagues stated for leaving and there was a bit of a vacuum in the last year that was filled by consultants commuting to Canada from the US. There were numerousyears of promotions without bonuses or excellent performance reviews with little or no bonus or salary increase which led to alot of resentment for much of the staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Understand that the Canadian Market operates very differently from the US. The Toronto practice was well respected by clients and this needed to be leveraged.