Hitachi Consulting Reviews

Pros

Good for Married persons, who has family if they want to settle, esp women

Cons

Frequent change in Policies, Silly reasons, Transparency is less from Top Mgmt.

Advice to Senior Management

Look for Innovation & Creation, Knowledge Mgmt need to be done, Treat Employee as a Brand builder.

Pros

Great company which has taken its time finding its feet, but with new US leadership seems to have found new energy. Company is small - tiny compared to Accenture and Deloitte - so it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but also you don't get lost, there is still a lot of flexibility and room to have a voice. Access to leadership is open and generally people are easy to work with. Lacks the arrogance and 'cookie cutter' feel of Accenture. More personable with clients and leaders are passionate about doing a good job.

Its consulting without any drama.

Cons

Lacks some of the training opportunities of the big firms. Experience can depend on which area you work in or which geography you reside in - each has a different flavor.
Some of the people who have been around for a while moan about what's changing, but seems to be positive changes...???

Advice to Senior Management

Stop apologising for not being Accenture... its a GOOD thing. Our clients like us because we're not

Pros

Good infrastructure in Magarpatta SEZ
Most projects are development projects mostly from US & UK.
Good onsite opportunities.
Recognition to your performance.
Aggressive in acquisitions.
Good career growth in long run as aggressive in expanding offshore base in India.

Cons

Less training programs related to technology and domain.
Improper induction program for new joiners.
Less to say about Cons except parking space.

Advice to Senior Management

Need good onsite and offshore model.
Need good technical and domain training programs.
We need good training or knowledge transfer when going for any visa interview.

Pros

Lots of oppertunity to work with different technologies and use different skill sets. Management and colleagues are very supportive.

Cons

It's a consulting firm, so travelling is a largte part of the job, and sometimes work/life balance suffers.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember you are a people business. Provide strong but empathetic leadership. Concentrate on providing thought leadership, make sure its visible outside by supporting MVP's etc...

Pros

Not difficult to outperform co workers

Cons

Delivering long winded powerpoint presentations are more important than creating value for clients.

Cronyism is rife and backstabbing is part of the job.

Avoid!

Advice to Senior Management

Find out what your managers really do and decide if they are needed. Make business ethics a cornerstone of operation

Pros

Positive people
Great knowledge sharing
Good Leadership communication
Good feedback from organization

Cons

Compensation is not competivive
Promotions are giving based on tenure and not performance

Advice to Senior Management

Pay employees competitive wages.
Due to employee turnover, company is losing the culture

Pros

Opportunity to become part of a fast growing company
Opportunity to travel for consulting roles
Opportunity to work with various technologies and industries

Cons

Extreme lack of diversity from the Executive Leadership down, without any regard to making any changes
Priorties of "the firm" are the what you do (sales numbers, utilization), the how you accomplish is lower in importance - this says a lot about the culture of the company
Mentoring is not considered a key contribution - it is expected, but it is not valued
Technical training is not valued enough to set aside funding, the only way to get external training is if you find a project that can/will fund - thus you are limited to the technology of that project
Promotions are clearly about who you know and not about what you do

Advice to Senior Management

Until you value your people, truly value them, you will continue to see your strong performers walk out the door. Yes, this is to be expected from a consulting firm (as clearly stated by Phil Parr) - and yet somehow our competitors (those much more successful than HCC) have been able to identify ways to keep their strong performers and even add to them.

Pros

Good leave policy.
Good HR
When Hitachi took over Sierraatlantic most of the staff was not laid off.

Cons

Cannot change Project.
Knowledge sharing almost absent.

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to your staff.
Have meetings.

Pros

Great working environment for professional growth

Cons

Below average pay among the other big consulting firms

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Skills-based placement on project vs. geographic location
Profit margin based vs. total project revenue
Management trusts their employees for telecommuting

Cons

Continuing education isn't really a large part of their landscape for employees
Hiring profile doesn't seem to include proficiency in English language
Technical-driven employees are sometimes inappropriately interact with client

Advice to Senior Management

Invest more in your employee's career advancement with continuing education which would include more training for the software products they are responsible for.