Smart People but Disorganized - Analyst Resonance Employee Review

3.0
29 Jan 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great people: smart, dedicated, and nice. The work was (for the most part) interesting. The intentions are there to be a great company, it's just the execution that is lacking.

Cons

Systemic issue where managers are very smart and good at the work, but very bad at managing people or project management, so the project management ends up falling on analysts and managers, who have to try to keep a project going operationally in spite of managers, not guided by them. (SO much managing up). Also, huge problems with overwork: you can only bill 40 hours per week on USAID contracts, but you're expected to work upwards of 60. Overall the company just seems very disorganized.

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5.0
23 June 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Company value and ethics are truly what they believe and do - Family atmosphere - Ability to take on different roles and work with colleagues across the company - Great work-life balance and flexibility

Cons

- Not the most diverse company - Little promotion transparency

1.0
13 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

RIP due to Doge:/ before then it was Russian roulette to whether you had a chill or sucky manager, You usually worked with several, hopefully you got at least one chill one and one interesting project where you're not a paper pusher. Think of all the awful things about consulting, and then turn it down a notch. Resonance, pre-doge, wasn't nearly as bad as some of the larger consultant firms, less stable, though, too, and didn't match the stress with a higher paycheck

Cons

As stated in other reviews, pay was bad, especially for the industry; the company was bad at promoting internally, turnover was high, especially if you were not mid to upper-level management. The culture gave lip service to work life balance and then expected you, but if you got lucky, you got on a good project with a talented and caring manager, then life was great, but you don't really get to control that Because of the nature of the job, most all the salaries were open info, and there was some sr analyst that analyzed all that data and found that men got paid higher than women even for the same job title, Men were also found to be promoted faster and more likely to be in leadership, despite the majority of the company being female.

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