Huron Consulting Group Reviews

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We had a couple of slow years in healthcare. The practice leader at the time seemed slow to make necessary changes to get us back on track. We now have new leadership that is very committed to this and I feel good about where we're going.

Travel can be tough, but that's all part of the deal with consulting.

Cons

- those who travel tend to do so more than competitors (e.g. travel every week of the month, rather than 1-2 weeks or less per month throughout a project)
- internal info systems not ideal (time tracking, resource management, performance, travel, HR/benefits pages, internal document sharing), which is ironic for a firm that generates a lot of revenue from their Enterprise Solutions practice

- this is not necessarily a con, but because Huron is smaller than some of its major competitors, they do not have their practices / standards built out as much. I have seen that this allows new employees an opportunity to get involved right away, and make yourself known in the company as someone willing to contribute

Cons

Some of the software products are a little long in the tooth. Newer product development feels a little rocky with mixed confidence levels, but with good intentions at least.

Cons

At times, work life balance was a little tough to manage

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Slow to innovate, manages workforce through RIF (like most consulting firms)

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Fraternity culture
Competitive, cliquey atmosphere
Little regard for employee's skill sets or interests when determining project placement
Project needs trump employee needs especially if you're an analyst or an associate - Leadership will withhold vacation or ask employees to change their vacation due to project demands, as well as ask employees to schedule doctor's appointments when it fits the project timelines (even if that's not the best for the employee's health)
Work/Life balance

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utilization on projects could be better, reorg caused a hostile environment in the practice

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Analysts not valued for the utilization and work that they put in. No collaboration across practices, despite that being a "value" that was introduced last year. Compensation is woefully under industry average for consultants who put in the same number of hours and produce similar work. Oftentimes feel like another replaceable cog in a machine, and no matter how much value you add to your team or practice, they don't make exceptions for exceptional people to move up even if all levels of leadership agree that you are performing above your current level. Professional development and the committees who decide your compensation/promotion are very opaque processes.

Cons

Work/life balance can be difficult. Travel can get stale when on a long term project. I found it difficult to maintain healthy habits and relationships with constant travel. This is not the case for everyone, just my experience. Can get lonely at times in your hotel room. If you have a problem client you need to do what you can to make them happy, usually at the cost of your personal downtime. If you do not make an effort to get noticed by management then it will take longer to get promoted. You may not always be on interesting projects so be prepared to try and make the best of it. Analyst/Associates do not have much pull when it comes to deciding what types of projects you would like to work on. You can some times feel like worker bees and, more often than not, referred to as a “body” to fill a role or “boots on the ground” as if what we do parallels to war (which it can feel like at times). Some people will love the lifestyle, others will not and others will tolerate it.

Cons

Culture is spoken but not implemented or enforced. Some areas do abide by it, but generally it's a ton of double speak.