Welsh Consulting is under fairly new ownership, and the new owner is unable to retain talented and experienced consultants for longer than a year. If you need to know how well the vision and direction of this company is working out, just look at employee turnover.
Some of the highlights of issues you can count on as an employee:
Lower than industry-norm salary
Terrible health/dental/insurance plans
NO 401k matching contributions
NO employee bonus structure
NO company issued laptop (the biggest thing a field IT engineer needs to do their job)
Manager who is not an expert in any of the technologies and services provided
Upper management that ignores the advice of their employees
A company that pushes their partner's products over more viable solutions
An owner who is only concerned with the bottom line
A company who is not concerned with employee morale
Unaligned work-life balance
Essentially no approval to work from home
During my time as an employee, there was not one member of the consulting team or support staff who was happy with their job. Everyone is constantly interviewing and looking to get out of there as soon as they can. The longest tenured consultants are two-year veterans of this company, but the majority leave much sooner than that.
During my time at Welsh, I saw no evidence of upwards mobility. Not one person was promoted. Another indicator of the direction of the company is that many long-term clients have left for better providers.
In the interview process, I was told I would be exposed to a whole bunch of exciting technologies. I was told that working at Welsh would help refine my technical chops. In reality 90% of my client workload involved setting up laptops and providing end-user support. Most of the clients use cloud technologies, so be prepared for vendor management galore. When project work does come up, there are no formal procedures in place, and things are mishandled constantly. Honestly, the workload is not exciting at all. You will not get exposure to high-end, enterprise level gear here.
The culture in the office is one of paranoia and backstabbing. Closed door meetings by management happen constantly and all that matters is your billable time. You have to constantly be on guard. Consultants are micro-managed to the point of burnout in record time.
While this company can advertise that they are a long-term player in the IT consulting business in the Boston area, this is just because it was under completely different management from the current ownership. At one point, it was probably a great small boutique Professional Services provider. This is not the case today. Beware getting a job at this company, and beware of signing on to do business with them. Welsh Consulting's direction is not heading in a positive one.
