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Toffler Associates Reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(57 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Toffler Associates has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Toffler Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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57 reviews
1.0
14 Oct 2015

A Stain on the Toffler Legacy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They have convinced some very smart people to work here.

Cons

Poor reputation in industry, limited capabilities, toxic culture, no diversity in current contracts or customers, no commercial work, ineffective and unseasoned leadership, no career path, long hours. Consultants spend hours Google searching for other people's ideas and then repackage it as their own. Just read any of the current blogs for great examples. This is a business built on selling BS to clients. Many good people have left once they saw through the facade. The leadership begins training new hires to lie by telling them to respond "less than a year" to questions of how long hey have been with the firm. Many of the ideas and concepts that they continue to push are very quaint and novel. These ideas are filled with platitudes and sophistry that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Many people in this company are very good at presenting a false facade of knowledge. They act as if they have some brilliant insight into the future and they can see clearly what needs to be done. When challenged on an issue they deflect (usually by asking a question) and never answer your question clearly or coherently. The leadership is very good at hiding the true nature of the firm. It takes time to realize what this company really is about. It's clear that the leadership has made a concerted effort on glassdoor to write positive reviews to hide the current state of the company culture. They would rather write positive reviews than fix the underlying issues that lead to authentic positive reviews. Your professional reputation is at stake if you work here longer than 3 years.

2.0
4 Aug 2011
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Pros

Connection to the Original Founders and their Big Ideas Awareness among Older Clientele of Original Founders Work with C-Level clients Future oriented projects Relative autonomy working on projects Remote work capability and scheduling Dazzling Holiday Party Ability to learn from some of the firm's 'rainmakers' Was (emphasis added) a great place to work where you had an opportunity to shape your own career and work on a variety of projects...

Cons

Purposeful distancing away from the Original Founders and their Big Ideas has significantly diminished the firm's key differentiation and Intellectual Property from other consultancies Younger clientele has significantly less awareness (if any) of the Founders or their ideas Gravitation away from more lucrative commercial work toward government contract work has put the firm in direct competition with larger and more experienced and cost competitive firms Cap on partnerships and blurring of titles/roles = limited growth opportunities Firm is relatively less competitive on salary and benefits compared to other firms Incentive structure is poorly defined and non-transparent Leadership split company into "tribes," leading to the survival of the fittest and undermining the firm's "Teamwork" mantra Fewer opportunities to work a broad spectrum of projects within the existing "tribal" structure Tribes split up into sub-tribes and then reshuffled again exacerbating "change fatigue" Quarterly meetings, intended to be morale boosting exercises, end-up as farcical side-shows Firms "rainmakers" are being phased out Inexperienced consultants are taking on greater business development roles Lack of general situational awareness of government contracting vehicles and processes Poor stewardship and poor morale Unclear succession planning of qualified leader-in-waiting Unstable leadership Lack of firm diversity Lack of quantitative-rich research to back-up findings Non-existent technology platforms in-house to augment research and analysis Relative lack of job security in the current environment You're either on-board or over-board on this ship.

2.0
31 Aug 2010
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Pros

- Flexible work environment (work from home when not with a client) - Interesting clients - Fascinating consulting problems - Challenging work - Everyone gets a clearance, which can help when trying to move elsewhere

Cons

- Was like a family, but has recently deteriorated - Becoming authoritarian, with leaders less interested in what others have to say - No ability to be promoted (you're a Partner, or you're a Consultant) - Strong performers aren't recognized; weak performers are kept on too long - No recognition or reward for anything except sales - Little interest in helping people develop

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