Navigant Consulting Reviews in Washington, DC

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Fun, smart talented people. I am proud to call many of them my colleagues and friends. I learned quite a bit from them

Cons – Eventually, what start off as a very flat organization structure, where a single voice had some weight, turned into a complex hierarchy as the project grew bigger and bigger. Office politics started to play a greater role.

Advice to Senior Management – -Issue every employee the best and lastest laptops. You want them to be as productive as possible? Give them the tools that work all the time, not 7 hours out of 12.

-Revise the performance review process, so that each employee is not evaluated by just one supervisor, especially if they don't have just one supervisor.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Yo get the opportunity to work with very smart people.

Cons – They have no clue about what strategy is, At Navigant they are doers not thinkers.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop running the company like an small company. Get an strategy and let your employees know what that strategy is.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting full-time for more than a year

Pros – This job will round out your resume. There were always really interesting projects across the different consulting practices--my predictive analytic and healthcare experience let me work on setting up health insurance plans, constructing terms for physician group and hospital buyouts/acquisitions, to constructing expert testimony for healthcare litigation cases.

Cons – My colleagues and I called this place 'the puppy mill' because their business model is to take really smart 20 somethings straight out of college and pay them next to nothing and squeeze 2 MAYBE 3 years out of them. There is no advancement, you are either junior consultant or you are an overpaid director bringing in business. I asked for a raise after 2 years of being there (billing almost a million dollars in revenue per year and earning only 60k) and it 'wasn't in the budget.' I left when they actually stopped contributing to my 401k in addition to the pay freezes.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time for less than a year

Pros – Management are very accessible
Collaborative work environment
Good pay

Cons – projects can end abruptly
no job stability

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting as an intern for less than a year

Pros – All the people at Navigant are amazing. The upper level management is easily accesible. People are always willing to help you. Stress-free, cooperative environment. The work can be very interesting and you get a great deal of independence. Alot of activities for the interns.

Cons – Depending on the group you are placed in, your work may seem a little tedious at times. However, the overall cases are very interesting.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time for less than a year

Pros – There is interesting work at all levels of employment. If an engagment is small enough, you may have the opportunity to learn new skills and being involved at all levels of the engagement. There is lots of diversity in your day to day projects and tasks. Very friendly culture, not an overwhelming feeling of seniority.

Cons – Often 40+ hours a week, but that is typical given this type of work. Parking is very expensive and the metro in DC isn't that cheap either.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Comprehensive training program, competitive, yet collegial, culture, employees from diverse and interesting backgrounds from all over the world.

Cons – Lack of transparency (particularly with respect to senior management), lack of long-term vision and structure to develop and promote staff, inattentive middle managers.

Advice to Senior Management – There should be a revamping of the management structure and more "McKinsey-like" policies and procedures to incent people to perform.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Most employees (in energy efficiency) have engineering backgrounds. Doing meaningful work for the DOE and other policy-making groups.

Cons – Day to day work could be a bit tedious, working with the public sector.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting

Pros – Talented people move up quickly

Cons – Lack of strategic focus. Senior management staff should be providing the inroads from marketing, product building, thought leadership and strategy development. Just a club that sets a goal and checks utilization.

Advice to Senior Management – You can't outsource strategy. Your senior management staff has to be the cultural leader and strategy provider.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting

Pros – Internal mobility.
Direct opportunities to interact with upper management.
Opportunities to learn transferable skills sets.
Amount of vacation time (4 weeks).
Caliber of people who you get to work with.

Cons – Some people work 100 hours a week, others work 40, there is little to differentiate between those who work 100 and those who work 40.
Some management doesn't understand how to explain big picture behind project.
Different practices fast track the promotion cycle, even though there may be others more qualified for promotions.
A lot of internal politics.
Lack of transparency from corporate execs to corporate citizens.

Advice to Senior Management – Send a unified message.
Compensate your hardest working and most talented people the best.
Strive for transparency at all times.
Take time to solicit feedback from employees at the most junior level.