Tone Deaf - M&A Consultant F2 Intelligence Group Employee Review

For a small company, F2 has an extensive and tight knit alumni network. It's unbelievable how many former employees are “tuned-in” and curious about recent developments inside of F2. Increasingly, F2 alumni are reaching out to one another to reconnect and plan informal events to reminisce about their time at F2. What I enjoyed most about my time at F2 was that it encouraged me to think “out-of-the-box”. I don’t even see the box anymore. Seriously, I’m like, ‘what box?’ A smart reader may be wondering how a firm with only 2 full time employees can possibly have over 30 reviews within the past year. The answer is simple, you just have to learn how to think differently, nonlinear. F2 isn’t a “quant house”. You can’t simply do mathy algebraic formulations and expect to figure it out. It’s not Big Data, it’s micro-data that helps F2 see things that others miss.

A wise man once told me, “...f you don't like business writing, then you're nor not going to write this job.” And you know what? That man was exactly WRITE! F2’s writing standards is a bar that is set really high. And that bar can seem unattainable at times. And sometimes you may actually reach it only to discover that the bar just got higher while you weren’t looking. F2 management is so innovative, so cutting edge, that you never actually know where the bar is. It may seem odd to obsessively strive for literary greatness while other aspects of the business model are embarrassingly decrepit, but that’s how true genius works sometimes.

I was hired by F2's Management team to provide a skill set to help their employees excel in their job performance and ultimately bolster their confidence. When I spoke with Management, they were very open and engaging and clear in their intentions; mainly, to find and provide advanced training/skills for their employees so that the employees could be the best they could be in their particular roles. The F2 Management team was impeccably responsive regarding communication, very clear and thorough in their communication, very respectful, and overall a pleasure to work with. I look forward to continuing to work with them.

I don't think this is a con, but I do believe it may come across that way to some. The F2 management team is very experienced and intelligent. And although this may be intimidating to some, don't let it intimidate you. They seek to mentor and guide their employees not only to benefit the company as a whole but to benefit the individual employee, so soak up everything they have to say and offer. They may seem demanding (from reviews), but that comes from the passion about being the best and wanting their employees to feel like they are best too. So again, learn from them. One day, you will be grateful for the opportunity.