Sendero Reviews

Pros

The company invests heavily in the professional and personal development of it's employees. The company knows exactly how to select the highest quality talent that best fit the company. Company leadership cares deeply about every employee. Leadership listens intently to employee feedback and takes the appropriate action to improve the company. The company truly desires to be a great company.

Cons

The company is growing rapidly and on occasion growing pains do surface. The good news here is that the pain doesn't last very long as corrective measures are usually in the works before the pain shows up.

Advice to Management

Continue to listen closely to those around you. Learn the difference between chatter and challenge. Continue to be great servant leaders.

Pros

- Good work/life balance - Smart, humble, kind employees - Opportunities for interesting project / challenging assignments

Cons

- The benefits are well below industry standards - The review process is tedious and never-ending - Too many people wanting to "coach" peers so they can be seen as a mentor; leads to disingenuous relationships - On top of client work, you are expected to participate in many culture activities but not compensated for the time

Pros

A lot of career opportunities and support to challenge and strengthen you professionally Strong culture with diverse individuals that hold similar core values and encourage one another Good work life balance with minimal traveling unless you want to travel Competent and supportive upper management that put employees first and are personable Great relationships with clients across a variety of industry and respected...

Cons

Smaller company so does not always have name recognition outside of the consulting industry

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you are doing! Your support and investment in your people goes a long way in building a competent and strong workforce that supports and encourages one another.

Pros

Good work life balance Employee development Fun Culture

Cons

Can get siloed into project expertise

Pros

-Fun culture -Open door policy with partners -Relatively good work life balance for consulting -Fun people to work with

Cons

-You have no control of where you get staffed with the exception of cross office staffing -Required to participate in internal initiatives on top of client commitments -Guidelines to promotion are not all inclusive to getting promoted -It is possible to get a Career Adviser that does not care to be your CA -You will be on the bottom end of the income bracket for the consulting industry

Pros

Sendero is a people focused company that invest in growing and developing talent. Sendero is filled with people who are passionate about what they do. This is a great place to grow both personally and professionally.

Cons

The company is growing fast, so they have experienced some growing pains.

Advice to Management

Be as transparent as possible and keep investing in your people!

Pros

There was a lot of focus on coaching new Associates and Analysts with company-developed material, career advocates, and direct managers on assigned projects. For younger folks, it's a good company to start with because of the large group of associates they hire every year. A prime opportunity to network with peers.

Cons

Employees are expected to complete several internal commitments that are factored into their annual evaluation. This is in addition to client work. Internal commitments and selling work increase as people are promoted to manager and senior manager levels. Management decision-making is opaque. Company policies and expectations of employees do not reflect the company-touted culture.

Pros

There are so many nuances found in this company that are simply hard to describe. It all revolves around the organic culture that Sendero prides itself on. Coming to work is a joy because of the entrepreneurial spirit and the bright minded individuals that encompass Sendero. You get a growing diverse set of experiences with the clients Sendero is now getting. It is definitely growing very rapid, and it appears to...

Cons

If your not used to constant change this can be a downside. With a growing firm there are always changes going on, but they have been for the most part more beneficial to all employees and in our better interest.

Advice to Management

Keep hiring great people, and always keep considering raising your salaries as the firm grows so that we can hang on to all of the great people we hire.