Low morale, no sense of identity, poor coaching - Senior Consultant Guidehouse Employee Review

Low morale: Rounds of layoffs for anyone who didn’t hit their utilization target. Talk of low-to-zero bonuses this year with the DOGE train wreck and the recent govt shut down. CEO Scott McIntyre actually praised DOGE in an all-hands call before laying off benched employees. No firm identity: This firm is a Frankenstein of acquisitions of smaller companies and has no identity or culture. I really do not care about this company in any way and rarely speak with anyone outside of my project. It is bizarre. Poor coaching: I had to fight so hard to get a competent Pathfinder (mentor) who bothered to care about my career development and performance ratings. I missed a promotion to senior and had to wait an entire year before I could find the right mentor to sell my case. I coached myself for 3.5 years. Had I not done so I would’ve slipped through the cracks because there was no one looking out for me. There’s self-advocacy and then there’s managing upward to make sure you get a fair performance review, let alone a promotion.