Mentality of throwing work on other people - Setting up employees for failure - Principal Slalom Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is pretty well compare to competitors

Cons

Many directors and senior leaders appear disconnected from the actual work being done. Instead of recognizing and rewarding high-performing technical contributors, additional workload is repeatedly placed on them, creating unsustainable expectations and increasing the risk of failure. A mentality of pushing work on others to get it off your shoulder rather than working together as a team.

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5.0
Apr 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work and life balance

Cons

Not a great palce to work

3.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Historically a 'people-first' company, until recently. Valued their people and worked to create a great, inclusive, creative culture. Lots of training and learning opportunities as well as career growth opportunities. Great support system across the markets, re: resources, advice, mentoring. In regards to client work — Slalom perfected the true client collaboration and partnership. They work with the client on finding solutions together. I had a great experience there for over 10 years, until the most recent re-orgs and layoffs (Q1 2026).

Cons

Recent re-orgs and flattening of the company's capabilities and reporting structure has led to many communication issues across the company (local vs. national) and a new system that puts the onerous on the consultant to find their next project and avoid 'bench time' between projects, now competing with hundreds of other consultants across the US for the same role. The new system is less than a year old and was riddled with issues. These changes, and major communication issues have led to a large increase in attrition compounded by many rounds of layoffs.

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