Pros
use of your own credit card for all travel expenses
Cons
communication at all levels (executives, directors, managers and team) was abysmal, no response to emails was the norm - I actually started putting "Please let me know your thoughts" at the end of emails and still nothing...was comical. While competent at designing engineered labor standards values to feed client's execution (LMS) software, they lacked understanding of the vital 'implementation' piece (training of preferred methods, supervisor training and followup). The client staff was only performing at 45% of the standard, which I told the leadership was "disheartening" - they didn't seem to care, or understand. Use of (very) inexperienced engineers/interns cause project results to suffer. Client on project initially told us "we walk too much when putting product away". I explained to team, "we need to quantify this" (count steps/item, number of pieces, etc.), fell of deaf ears and results suffered - more akin to a college 'senior project' then a professional consulting engagement. Lack of understanding of c/b on basic tech like ring scanners and integrating systems. Client was actually cutting and pasting data to create reports (outs, cycle count, etc.) and team leaders didn't seem to care. Lastly, got word of a DC design project that was recommending a turret truck in a Greenfield project. In 30 years of DC experience, I can say that the turret truck is the most inefficient and inflexible MHE ever - people only use as a last resort, but a Greenfield???? C'mon, man!!!