Resources Global Professionals – “Lackluster as a career but worked with nice people”

Pros

For Consultants, it is a decent place to get projects if you want flexibility between projects or you are looking for a short term project. If you have a CSD who is your advocate, it can be a place you can move from project to project, but it depends on the demand for your skill set at the time you are rolling off a project.

Internal Management is ok depending on what you are looking for. Employee's are typically very nice to work with and supportive. If you just want a job that you want to balance with family life, it isn't bad - but that balance isn't what it used to be in this economy.

Cons

Consultants who have skill sets that are not in demand at the moment they are rolling from a project will be sitting on the bench. Be prepared to have down time and in the interview make sure you scope out your skills against general demand with your interviewer to get a good understanding of how busy they can keep you. Set expectations accordingly.

Internally, the value proposition has changed in the last 5 years. It used to be a place where new ideas could be tried and there was a good work/life balance. Now it is more top down micromanagement as the economy has gone down. Compensation is average with almost no movement after you join and bonus' are not transparent, not tied to performance and rewarded to favorites. There is little room for a career path.

Advice to Senior Management

Internal Management was good when it was a small start-up environment but the "original management" from the early years don't have the skill sets to take company to the next level. There was a chance for change with a new CEO but people were fearful of being held accountable (as people are not currently.) You can't keep driving the company with the "strategic" catch phrases that worked 15 years ago - the business environment has changed. Take a deep look and come up with a strategy that is relevant to today's market and can actually move the company to the next level. The culture which was unique and interesting has evaporated and now is just something people cheer-lead with nothing to back it up. Care about your people again in a meaningful way and it is possible you can get some of it back.