- The culture in the US offices is homogenous. The majority of client-facing people are white, extroverted, college athletes who went to elite schools. This permeates into the culture. They just started to recruit at diverse schools but I don't think that's going to make a big difference.
- Lots of favoritism and politics. If someone is important to the project and does something negative, no one will reprimand that person to avoid hurting their feelings and causing trouble. There's a lot of "sweeping under the rug". Some teams have bigger budgets, recognition, support, career development opportunities, etc than others even though we all contribute to the company's success. A lot of people have left over this as they found better opportunities elsewhere.
- Promotions and career development opportunities are handed out at the moment of, with no chance to understand what options are available or the requirements/qualifications needed. This means that people who are popular or favored get an edge over others in their career.
- There is not enough staff to support the projects. People are stretched thin and expected to perform above their pay grade. I feel that there's a lot of focus on the top for principal consultants and above but not so much the managers and team members.
- Compensation could be improved, it's on the low side compared to other consulting firms
-The projects are all very similar work. Deliverables get recycled for different clients with minor adjustments. It doesn't seem like we get a lot of interesting varied work, but mostly the same ones.
