Pros
- remote or hybrid set-up, with little oversight and you largely manage your own schedule and workload. trusted to perform well. - some fantastic colleagues, really some brilliant people that are too good for this firm. - exposure to impressive candidates around the world in diverse industries
Cons
- tech outdated, tech department is helpless, and little company support if you have issues - no salary progression, not even inflation bumps. someone exceptional that I know worked for 4 years without any raise at all - with that, no career progression. as a researcher you might move up to senior researcher but the salary increase is 2% and the nature of the work is exactly the same - if you’re good at your job, they will overwhelm you to the point where you are drowning and you will be put on the trickiest and most uninteresting projects - DEI does not exist here despite it being in the core values. the company does not recognize any other religious holidays except christmas, and there’s also a drinking culture, which is contrary to some persons religious beliefs. senior leadership is all male and european. some few women in power but also british. - business is in financial trouble, massive layoffs and firings across the world - some consultants are on a power trip and will belittle you despite them not being your boss - HR does not exist. the company truly, really, flat out lies about your benefits so read them very closely. there is no HR person and everything goes through the COO, who is massively incompetent and highly unqualified to meet the overwhelming demands of her job. - no focus on career progression and development. they cycle through people rather than training and retaining. in my team alone, 4 people left or quit in 4 months. - if they tell you at interview that you will receive a company pension, make sure it’s in your contract. otherwise you will not receive a dime. i know 8 colleagues now who have been lied to. - favouritism is big here. if you don’t do the bidding of the partners to your core, you won’t be so lucky. - company spends its limited budget on unnecessary travel for the consultants who clearly just want an excuse to vacation - the employee owned trust payout is nonexistent. i only made 20$ the whole time i worked here on this. the bonus is also nonexistent, i was promised about 10k during the interview and received 1300$ after tax. you also don’t get your bonus until the payout period. it goes calendar year, so if you worked jan-dec for your bonus, you won’t see it until the payout which last year was late and in august. if you quit before august, no bonus.