Schellman Reviews

Pros

Come ready to learn. Schellman hires the best and brightest and provides training to advance team members' skillsets. Auditors can cross train between service lines and specialties (SOC, ISO, PCI, FedRAMP, HITRUST, etc.). Team members have also been able to successfully move between service delivery and operational teams. We offer in-house training, as well as encourage and support external training and professional certifications. Team members can expect to work on 10-20 client engagements per year in various industries and employees are performing roles and have responsibilities at a level above their peer groups in other firms. You won't get this level of experience and expertise this quickly anywhere else. Whether you choose to stay in professional services for your career, or move to an internal role as a security or compliance expert, Schellman offers a place for you to learn and continuing learning to advance your career wherever you would like to go.

Cons

Not a con in my opinion, but Schellman is not a place for complacency - expectations are high and top performers work incredibly hard. The environment is fast-paced so employees have to stay sharp and continually train and improve. To combat fatigue and WLB, we are continuing to put in new benefits and policies to help employees build a better work/life balance.

Pros

Treated more than a number and has a leadership team that really cares about the well being of their employees while delivering quality service

Cons

Certifications are more important than experience and skills of high performers that would otherwise be eligible for career progression at other service delivery firms

Pros

Team - Amazing team of security and compliance professionals, you'll never find a more concentrated group of experts in the industry. Culture - Very team oriented, collaborative, and supportive group across the board. Very open doors including sessions where assessors can ask questions directly to the CEO and executive leadership. Clients - Top tier clients from leading cloud service providers to startups that are always exciting to work for. Growth - 25%+ growth in the past few years has allowed for more hiring. Additionally, the Lightyear partnership has allowed Schellman to acquire its first firm ever. Exciting times for growth.

Cons

Hypergrowth does not come without growing pains. Schellman is challenged to attract more talented professionals to support its sales growth. This often causes short term staffing pain on projects and assessors often site longer work weeks in these cases. Additionally, getting to 350+ people requires Schellman to be more HR and finance process bound which doesn't sit well especially with team members who remember when it was less than 50.

Pros

Schellman pays very well at a base salary level. At Schellman you determine your salary their are many opportunities to boost your salary through the quarterly bonus whether it is blog posts, recruiting, and promotion (service lines promote from within) and that's just the ones I know about. They invest in their people from a pay perspective.

Cons

None that I have gleaned as of yet.

Pros

There are so many to mention like the culture, benefits, work/life balance, diversity programs, career growth, etc., but the #1 pro for me is always the PEOPLE. For over 15 years, I have worked alongside some of the sharpest, brightest, most diligent, and most caring professionals in the compliance audit industry. We find people that deeply care about our quality and the individuals working together to achieve that level of quality. We challenge individuals to grow and learn to become renowned experts then provide them with the training opportunities to do so, and many step up to meet and exceed those expectations. Like every organization, we have a positional hierarchy structure, but I have never felt like anyone works "for" anyone here at Schellman. Everyone works "with" everyone to succeed together.

Cons

No place is perfect, and we endure our share of growing pains. Most of which are related to keeping up with demand for our services, especially when our employees are coveted by our clients. The con with having so many amazing people in the firm is that clients recognize those talent levels and want to bring our team members in-house to their own organizations.