Slalom Consulting Reviews

Pros

This is a great company. Proud to be part of this team.

- The people - Smart and dedicated. It really is one of those places where you look at those around you and feel like you need to up your game because everyone is 'in it to win it' and feels a sense of pride
- The culture - Not the BS of Accenture with success only possible by the failure of others (read: the horrible tenure / politics of laddering). Everyone here is genuinely interested in others success.
- The business model - the best of local and national.

Cons

- I like the business model, but it's still a little disjointed between national and local groups. It is definitely getting better (Sharepoint is helping that), but there are cross-overs/redundancies that we can fix.
- I'm writing this on MLK day, one of the many days that in every other company I worked for had off. Not Slalom...

Advice to Senior Management

Seriously consider having PTO / holiday policy that reflects a company with people of this calibre. I've been working over 15 years, but I have never in my career taken such a hit on time as from coming here. This is on par with my first job out of college, not an executive poached from a top shelf consulting company. Between the holidays and PTO, I lost 14 days a year. I actually use PTO to travel and recharge, so that's a hit. As we grow and our numbers look better and better, expect that people will be questioning this PTO even more.

Pros

Balance Life concept is enforced, this helps workoholic like me

Cons

Benefit must be improved or altease comparable to similar organizations.

Advice to Senior Management

Please improve benefits.

Pros

Local model that prevents the need to travel, but has the option to do so if desired. Slalom is growing rapidly and looking for feedback on how best to do so. Employees are very bright and the screening process is very stringent with a strong focus on cultural fit.

Cons

Lacks the benefits package of a Fortune 50 company, but I have faith that the winning model will get there.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep it up and don't lose sight of the vision. Listen to your employees and grow the services offered through innovation.

Pros

Slalom puts a premium on consultant satisfaction and this approach clearly works in leading to client satisfaction due to the very high level of "repeat buying." You are encouraged to find your path and make things happen for yourself.

Cons

Reasons for rapid expansion are not widely understood.

Pros

Freedom to do what you want to do with your career
Great culture
Local model is great for work/life balance

Cons

Benefits do not compare to other consulting companies
PTO

Advice to Senior Management

Don't try to be Accenture
Don't grow too big
More PTO

Pros

- Smart people and great projects
- Motivated, Type A people will succeed here and can grow quickly.
- Management has your back
- Great opportunity to grow professionally through the people and their network.

Cons

- Better training for new consultants on Consulting best practices and doing it the Slalom way.
- Work / life can be a challenge but that is a known condition to join

Advice to Senior Management

Continue keeping associates happy with great projects, career development, team events, and growing the company. Don't grow just to grow. We've got a good thing going right now.

Pros

The people are top rate, and exceptionally skilled.

Cons

The consulting industry is very fast-paced -- not for the faint of heart

Advice to Senior Management

Do everything you can to maintain the terrific culture.

Pros

Good people at the staff level
Company events are nice, but over the top in comparison with day-to-day culture
Some groups are doing interesting work

Cons

Staff augmentation focused, contracting firm calling itself a consulting organization
After a deal is sold, "consultants" are left without support
Difficult clients are retained at the expense of "consultants"
Leaders are not invested in the technologies they represent
Chain of leadership has conflicting priorities
Communication is confusing to staffed "consultant", client, and team
Very much a clique culture
Variable pay model is pushed, but bench time makes it a bad deal for "consultants"
Mediocre benefits
Managers focused on staffing, not growing the business
A contracting company would be a better choice

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on staffed "consultants", don't let leadership leave them in the lurch and having to explain the company weirdness to clients.
Choose industry experts for leadership positions, staffing coordinators are not leaders
Learn from the newer, smaller markets, HQ is not doing well locally

Pros

- Those that started the company are still around
- Fostering of the culture remains prioirty
- Focus on Work Life Balance
- Local Model

Cons

- As the company has grown, not all offices are on par with each other
- Growth pains
- Some deficiency in account management

Advice to Senior Management

Balance what is right for the customer with what is right for Slalom, and if needing to err on one side or the other, err on the side the client - in other words, always put them first and support your consultants to do the same.

Pros

Good people to work with - when it's going good it's going good - The local model helps establish a good team culture.

Cons

Because of the local model - there are limits to advancement opportunites. Probably trying to do too much for the size and level of expertise typically available in each local office -

Advice to Senior Management

Need to figure out ways to provide more advancement opportunties and allow for deeper levels of expertise. Might be trying to be good at too many things - perhaps less practice areas given the local model.