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Worst experience of my career - Anonymous employee Systems Evolution Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Salary base is decent, however variable comp is not the best compensation policy

Cons

I don't want anyone else to go into this firm blindsided so I will discuss my experience: -Very predatory recruiting (I was informally offered the job from the "MD" in my region, without actual interviews). Later I discovered, this was mainly for my connections on LinkedIn - the office was not expanding it's client base, and was looking for hires to quickly fill in the BD gap (I don't think anyone in management knows the turnaround time of a BD sales cycle). -MD had no real regional contacts and was very feeble, not qualified to be an MD. -No pipeline. -Had a really poorly organised remote project (where the client was not aware of my presence) during my time there. Project lacked adherence to basic audit and security protocols. -mandatory fratty drinking culture every 2 weeks. Worked at a well known consultancy precursor and an investment bank before that, and this was very pointless and classless. -round-about internal team meetings that lead to nothing, due primarily to really bad management overseeing -as someone stated, their lack of infrastructure they attribute to being a startup. however they have been around for more than 20 years. their collateral is something out of a high school design class from the early 90s. Also no white papers, no internal staff training. -staff aug projects, defintely not a strategy shop. -BD pursuits and strategy non-existent -No real team atmosphere, my experience there was equivalent to a staffing agency. was let go for "not fitting in" after a few months. Their pipeline was dry, and I was on the bench for 98% of this time.

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Fantastic company that is grounded in an ownership model, where when the firm does better it directly benefits all of the employees. This leads to an incredibly supportive and collaborative culture where people will go above and beyond to help everyone be successful. While still being a consulting firm, the clients are primarily local allowing for a strong work/life balance and not having to be a road warrior.

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Pros

Local leadership (the Managing Director and Managing Principal) is fantastic, and the CEO is pretty cool too. It is hard to fully explain, but I have never worked at a place where leadership is so genuinely supportive, instead of just saying they are. This is true for not just management, but all of my colleagues. Leadership is also very transparent, rather than just claiming to be. It is very refreshing, and I am still surprised that my positive experience has lasted for almost a year with the company. The work is hard, but the support from my direct team and the great teamwork and friendship here really help reduce consulting stress. I also appreciate that management works hard (and usually succeeds) to put consultants on projects that fit their skills and interests: this makes each project much more rewarding.

Cons

The Associate Program is new and still being developed. It can feel a bit messy, and there isn't a clear career path progression yet, which introduces a level of uncertainty. The program was started without a full plan for how to run it long-term (leadership openly shared this with us, which is a great example of the transparency I appreciate). Even so, I can see that leadership is working hard to improve the program. While there is still a long way to go, I am very grateful for the opportunity to learn from experienced consultants; they have all been incredibly welcoming, patient, and supportive. Honestly, these are the only real cons I have experienced so far.

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