Pros
- Good work life balance: Not expected to spend 2-3 days a week away from home wherever your client is based unlike other companies in the industry - Good access to career development through COPs, training budget and learning days - I've not seen that at other companies at the same extent - Work is all impactful and aligned with public sector, not how can I increase website sales for big corporate xyz - 30 days holiday a year, 10 days paid sick leave, 12 learning days and no clock watching - all pretty generous for a tech consultancy
Cons
- Can be pretty stressful at times, particularly when we have peaks of work and less immediate availability to staff roles. Delivery Managers often get stuck trying to fill contractor vacancies, plan for a team kick off, onboard people, get a new customer onside and prepare commercial paperwork - sometimes whilst still allocated to another project - Benefits and pay approach have changed over the years as the company became publicly listed. Personally I think all still good and ability to pay into share safe schemes or have health care are new benefits I appreciate. But it still causes a lot of noise and ill will across the organisation, which I think is indicative of less than perfect change approaches in the past.