LRA Worldwide Reviews

2.2

22% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)

Rob Rush

26% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

LRA Worldwide has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The LRA Worldwide employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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69 reviews
2.0
8 Mar 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The travel, benefits, you get new equipment every two years. You can keep your low budget airline and hotel points.

Cons

-your reports are criticized and picked apart daily and the managers and admins can alter your answers whenever they want based on if they want the reports to pass or fail the client - when you receive an email from the admin after they alter your report at least 5 others are copied and it is a degrading feeling - you receive a weekly score card on how many alterations were made to your report. (Note that the admins can change a report whenever they like and you will receive a deduction for something as minuscule as not using a comma) - the admins make a game of how many “mistakes” they find when proofing your reports - you are expected to book the cheapest flights regardless of which low-budget airline and prolonged travel time you must encounter - in addition, even if you are a six foot, 250 plus pound individual do not take a complimentary car rental upgrade because that will increase gas consumption and you will be reprimanded for doing so and condescendingly reminded to book only economy cars to help keep costs down. (Again no regard that you will be driving that car for 12 days with the potential of putting on over 1,000 miles, but let’s keep that gas cost down!) - you will be praised for flying the cheap seats and keeping costs low but will never be praised for your hard work and dedication - you will be told to not expect a raise - there is no mentoring to shape and develop you for a promotional role - you may receive a meal per diem as low as $15 a day where a “real” Deloitte employee receives $75 regardless of what account they are on (If you are lucky enough to get a larger meal per diem you are encouraged not to use it but it will most certainly never be $75) I was actually questioned as to why I spent my entire per diem. - you are expected to travel up to 12 days at a time with no extra time off at home. Of course this is to help save the company money, it has nothing to do with productivity. And they will give you one day per weekend off but that is while you are on the road so no benefit there because you aren’t even banking any extra days to be taken off while you are home - if you happen to come upon a hotel with bedbugs you are told you must stay there and simply ask the front desk to be move you to the other end of the hotel - even though you travel 100% of the time and request PTO far in advance they will deny you at anytime. They do not care about a balanced work/life and will thank you for being a “trooper” but again no thanks for a job well done - even if you work over 40 hours in four days and the company does not have work for you on the fifth day, you need to use PTO - you will have send in copies of your time and expense to your supervisor; however, “real” Deloitte employees do not need to - Lastly, you are treated as an individual who barely completed their GED rather than an individual that possesses a Bachelors Degree, although a Bachelors is a requirement for this company. -the list can go on and on.

2.0
27 Mar 2018

Short Term Only

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

smart and driven consulting colleagues, airline/hotel/rental car miles, unlimited PTO, wellness benefits

Cons

no work/life balance, lack of opportunity for growth, poor logistics planning, low budget for flights/hotels/cars when traveling, poor management communication, extremely negative work environment, declining / under preforming company

1.0
18 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Deloitte benefits. LRA itself offered nothing to its employees that I would consider a "pro".

Cons

First off, do not be fooled by the addition of "By Deloitte" attached to the name. While your paycheck says Deloitte and technically you work for a company under their umbrella, you DO NOT work for Deloitte and at no time during your tenure will it feel like it. LRA still operates as a small independent company and treats their employees as such. If you are in the market to travel for a few months/years, without having a concern for your next career move, then this may work out for you. But if you have any desire to better your career and join a company that truly values your experience and drive, as well as you personally…work elsewhere! Additionally, if you are an experienced hire, just a heads up that the Consultant role is an entry level position. This will be obvious through the micro-managing you will receive and your compensation. The travel aspect can be looked at as a pro and con. While you get free flights and decent travel perks, your Monday's usually begin around 4am and your Friday's end no earlier than 10:00 PM.   The management at LRA is ill-equipped, selfish, inexperienced and full of people who are in positions that they are clearly not qualified for. I reiterate the "inexperienced" part, as the middle management, or Operations Mangers, on several accounts have no clear skillset and genuinely seem useless in their roles. In addition to less than stellar leadership, advancement is not something that LRA seems interested in for its associates and the company itself is certainly not booming with opportunities. If you are selected to switch accounts, most movement occurs laterally, in the form of the same job title and the same rate of pay, just on a different account. I can recall in my last year with the company getting less than 3 notifications from HR and management letting the team know that opportunities were available for internal transfer. This spoke to the culture of selfish leadership, where they would rather stifle your career and keep you in the same place, than to be responsible for your development and allow you to move within the company leaving them with a position to fill.   Overall, the cons certainly outweigh the pros from my time at LRA by Deloitte. While the concept is wonderful and they are an industry leader in the field, the leadership is ruining the reputation and the operation of this company from the inside out. I would not recommend spending any portion of your career with this company.

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