Pros

- Great place to start out if you aren't sure if you want to be in consulting
- Travel is not too bad for a consulting firm
- Great people, fun atmosphere
- Good mixture of client industries

Cons

- Public company is different than a private firm
- Lots of compliance/regulatory work that can get repetitive
- Lower compensation for
- Training cutbacks
- Benefits package cutbacks
- Compensation cutbacks

Advice to Senior Management

- Reducing headcount places a lot of additional work on remaining staff who then do not get compensation increases despite additional workload.
- Cutting back benefits package is a very transparent way to boost the bottom line instead of focusing on top-line growth.