Over Promised and Under Delivered - Anonymous employee Slalom Employee Review

3.0
23 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Air travel not required - Daily commutes will vary based on local models. - Nice people - Everyone I have met is truly a nice and respectful person.

Cons

- Staff augmentation - They place people into roles versus sell projects and deploy project teams. All "projects" I have seen have been staffing work. - Lack of transparency regarding type of work during hiring process - That's the nice way of saying they were not forthright with the type of work in the pipeline. - Work does not align with interests or skill sets - Again, they are placing people into slots that a client or another consulting firm needs filled. There is little information regarding how you can align yourself with suitable work. - Employees with highly variable skill sets and levels of competency are all branded as "consultant". This seems to reinforce the staffing model.

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Slalom Response
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This is John Tobin. I totally agree that we should always be upfront during our recruiting / hiring process. My hope would be that you are sharing your dissatisfaction with the type of work / project you are on with your people manager. Many of our markets have rolled out a "Meaningful Work" indicator which we are using to get a pulse from our consultants on the project they are assigned to. You can also schedule a time with me to further discuss what you are seeing - simply email me at johnt@slalom.com. If you wish to provide feedback anonymously simply go here: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Thanks

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