Pros
- Worked on some pretty large scale and visible projects, ones that people recognize. - Lots of resources to back you up. If you didn't know something, guaranteed that someone would be able to provide you the answer in the company. - Average age of the staff, in my office anyways, was fairly young. Great atmosphere and lots of energy, made a ton of really good personal friends working there. - Well respected and knowledgeable senior staff. Many great mentors.
Cons
- Company was way too focused on the bottom line. The way the company operates is simliar to the way things were back in 2004-2007 when there was too much work and profits were juicy. In this economy, it is impossible to maintain those profit margins. This lead to thousands of layoffs. - Senior staff were spread out too thin. Most of our PMs were at the Principal, VP or SVP level. There was a high level chargeability expected for these individuals which took away from their administrative work. - Little in the way of career development. Feedback was usually only provided once a year during your annual review. Final rankings were based on a exceeds/meets/does not meet expectations scale, which generally meant that 90% of staff fell into the meets expectations category. - HR was useless. Our HR advisor took days to get back to you. - Company is extremely top and admin heavy. If you look at the Company's financial results, almost half of the corporate expenses is in the senior management, HR, marketing and corporate services area. - Bad corporate attitude. The view of senior management is that "we are the best, because we are the best". Very narrow minded view, especially coming from the client side. - Little in the way of corporate communication. Most of what was sent was the typical corporate drivel, which had very little relevance to the day to day operation of the company.