Pros
- Leadership: the founding partners are terrific and very motivating to work with. I worked closely with Andrew (ex-head of HK) who supported me throughout my time there - he is very personable, consultative and always approachable with any stupid questions I had. I thought the Managing Partner of the firm was inspiring. Highly entrepreneurial, and open to new ideas. Together with the other partners, they know how to empower people having founded the firm from scratch with little resources. Have enormous respect for them.
- Strong work ethic: they do not cut corners. There is a strong emphasis on excellence and hard work as part of the GreySpark DNA. Their reputation is second to none
- Entrepreneurial values: if you have a good idea, you can speak directly to the MD and if it makes sense he will take it on board. As someone who is always looking for opportunities, I found this particularly empowering and refreshing given my background in IB.
- Career opportunities: They want to grow and they are not ashamed of it. I have seen people move cities and cross over to partnership in my time there. Pretty impressive for a company that started in 2009.
Leadership opportunities: They structure their business practices in groups (they call them pods) which allows managers to take ownership over their teams PnL. Practice managers are given a lot of autonomy as to how they manage and pitch their business and they become the best motivators for the consultants that work for there.
No BS: There is no political BS at GreySpark. They are very careful with who they hire which preserves the fun loving and family-like culture that is GreySpark
Cons
Every firm has its cons, but nothing materially stands out. Great company to work for.
