Senior Leadership is Out of Touch and Self-Serving - Manager Sia Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Genuine consultants who are looking to learn and grow in various practices.

Cons

Senior leadership is a complete mess. They're more concerned with their own pockets than the well-being of employees. The decision-making process is chaotic and often feels arbitrary. Case in point: people are let go without any prior performance feedback, leaving them blindsided. There's no clear communication, no performance notices—just a sudden termination. On top of that, there’s been no adjustment for market wages or inflation. While the cost of living keeps rising, salaries have remained stagnant. Leadership doesn’t seem to care about employee retention, and it shows. To make matters worse, after firing people, they threaten them with an absurd non-compete clause, making it frightful to seek employment at other consulting firms. It feels like an intimidation tactic to prevent people from moving forward in their careers. Advise getting an employment lawyer depending on your state. The company culture is toxic, with a complete lack of transparency from leadership. Partners constantly get fired because this isn't a true consulting firm, but a staff aug masking as one where the CEO controls everything. They keep dangling promises of development and growth, but when it comes down to it, they're only looking out for themselves. Would not recommend unless you're desperate.

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