Adaptive Financial Consulting Reviews

Thank you very much indeed for this thoughtful review. I'm really glad to hear that you value the 401K match, we are always trying to ensure that our benefits have real value to staff. Whilst you note that you haven't opted for the other benefits we offer, Marisol and I would be very happy to talk you through those at any point, if you ever consider taking them. Great news on the work life balance front too - it's one of the things that makes a huge difference for me personally. Working hard when you're at work but always having time for a personal life is vital for good physical and mental wellbeing.

Thank you so much for this thoughtful and kind review! I think that I know who you are and so I want to say thank you so much for this parting gift. We are so sad to see you go but wish you well for the future and hope to keep in touch! Best wishes, Marie

Thanks for your review. I'm genuinely sorry that this has been your experience - we actively seek to stamp out micro management as it's important that, when we bring together teams of capable, knowledgeable people, that leadership within our projects act as 'servant leaders' in order to allow those people to flourish. Thanks again for this feedback, Marie

Yikes! Let's start with the good stuff, thank you for the compliment about our colleagues, we work exceptionally hard to bring great people together to produce great work. On the negatives, I'm sorry that your work has been boring - I think it's fair to say that in all of our roles, there are some parts that are boring. I hope that there are some interesting and challenging aspects to your work too - it's certainly our aim. On the salary, again, I'm sorry that this is your experience/sentiment, we do look at salaries on a very regular basis and run internal and external benchmarking. Please do feel free to contact me directly about this and I'll happily work with your local director to kick off a review for you. On the micro-managing, as per another recent review, this is completely counter-cultural and so again, I would love to speak with you about this (or feel free to speak with your local director) to find out more about the issue and to get it resolved. Thanks for taking the time to post your review, whilst some aspects are tough to read, it's all an opportunity for us to do and be better. Thanks again, Marie.

Thanks for taking the time to post your review. It’s a shame that your experience isn’t as we hoped but I’m glad that at least you are enjoying working with your colleagues and learning a lot. I do want to address your cons. I’m really sorry to hear your thoughts on the senior team at Adaptive - we’re fortunate to have a good mix of people from all types of backgrounds. In fact, the founders and senior team are engineers and delivery people by background, who have crossed into ‘senior management’, so we’re certainly not packed to the rafters with the kinds of people you mention but of course, that demographic will make up some of our team. We work hard when recruiting to attract and recruit a diverse workforce and will continue to do so. I’m very sorry that you feel that you are being micro-managed. Genuinely, it’s something we absolutely try to avoid. We work to empower teams and individuals and where there are micro-management issues, we do something about it (please feel free to ping me or a founder directly to discuss - we want to stamp this out). There seems no point in bringing smart, experienced people to our company and then telling them exactly what to do and when to do it. The social aspects of working at Adaptive are definitely not mandated, I assure you. If you want to turn up, great, if you don’t, that’s okay too. We have had a few Zoom events and some people pop out for a drink/dinner after work but absolutely none of that is mandated - mandating it makes it the exact opposite of fun! So my message to you is this: please don’t go if you’re not feeling it, if the event/situation doesn’t appeal, you absolutely do not have to go - spend time with your family and friends instead. Some of our projects are long, that’s completely true but when you’re building the kind of complex, transformative systems that we do, it does take some time. There are boring parts to projects too, we acknowledge that but it’s pretty typical - we all have interesting and boring parts to what we do. If you do feel that you’re not getting what you want out of your project though, please speak up - we’d love to fix whatever the issues are so that your experience with us improves. Lastly, thank you again for taking the time to post this - it’s a great opportunity for us to learn and improve. If you could provide a bit more context, or felt comfortable speaking with someone in Adaptive, we could absolutely do something to fix these issues that you’re experiencing. Marie

Wonderful reviews like this really make my day (and I know that the directors read every single one and feel the same way). We're thrilled that you're having a great experience at Adaptive and as per another recent review, we're by no means complacent and are rolling out a few improvements over the coming year to keep this a great place to work. We're always interested to receive your suggestions, so never hesitate to contact me at: marie@weareadaptive.com.