Lerch Bates Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Lerch Bates full-time for more than a year

Pros – Employee owned
International
Visionary
Technically aware
Down to earth
Good compensation
Family environment
Solid leadership
Strong niche market
Talented employees

Cons – Management unapproachable
Remote office autonomy
No upward mobility
Budgetarily short sighte
No technology strategy
HR involved in non-HR issues
No clear business processes

Advice to Senior Management – Create a technology vision to include appropriate spending. Give directors and managers the authority to perform. Keep HR on HR issues.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Lerch Bates

Pros – Interesting, exciting work. Can be very challenging.

Cons – Management has tried to turn the consulting services offered by Lerch Bates into a commodity. Insufficient attention is spent on training and maintaining industry knowledge. Too much focus on $ and growth vs quality of services provided.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on customer service and employee knowledge growth.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Lerch Bates

Pros – The people make Lerch Bates what it is.

Cons – Senior management is too focused on $, and trying to turn LB into a "large" company. Need to return to core businesses and focus on customer.