Would recommend DEPENDING on what team/account you join - Senior Associate Guidehouse Employee Review

4.0
11 Apr 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I will caveat this review by saying that enormous variety exists between accounts and even teams within those accounts. Below is my personal experience on the VA account. *Advice to interested candidates* KNOW WHAT TEAM YOU ARE JOINING. Ask questions to suss out their work life balance and to see if the task/overall project goal is actually interesting to you. - Competitive compensation - Supportive leadership (I have an open line of communication with my manager and he freely communicates praise and constructive feedback with me) - Opportunity to lead work/junior staff as a Senior Associate - Sharp, type-A co-workers - Benefits include: $100 to pay down student loans every month, $100 (closer to ~$70 post tax) for monthly cell-phone expenses

Cons

- Lots of IT problems. After we migrated to the cloud, Outlook/internal apps will crash and hinder your productivity - Tuition reimbursement policy is not clear/has not been communicated - Some teams have unrealistic work/life balance (not the case for my team/project) but I do witness this

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Pros

I work directly with excellent people. My immediate colleagues are collaborative, capable, and committed to doing high-quality work for clients.

Cons

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