Navigant Consulting Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting

Pros – - Ability to move up in the firm
- Interesting work
- Managing Directors are open to providing mentoring to junior level employees

Cons – - Lack of organizational culture
- Competition within firm employees

Advice to Senior Management – Improve corporate culture and make new employees feel like they're somewhere important, where their work has impact.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time for less than a year

Pros – Very smart people
Collaborative work environment across offices
High level of integrity and wanting to do the best for the client and Navigant
Strong push across senior mgmt. for one culture and good momentum across employees with the message

Cons – Still has some challenges with fully integrating some acquisitions
Some senior level folks still have a "cowboy" attitude

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to push the culture message

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Friendly and intelligent co-workers. There was an opportunity to work on some very interesting and challenging projects, but they are usually on top of other work you had to complete.

Cons – Worked too many hours for the pay. I got pulled into working on mortgage crisis projects and there was no opportunity to get out.

Advice to Senior Management – Compensate your talent or they will leave

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting full-time

Pros – Made some great friends and contacts

Cons – Sales model does not promote collaboration, it actually discourages it.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire honest people to run your BUs and divisions and get incentives aligned.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Yo get the opportunity to work with very smart people.

Cons – They have no clue about what strategy is, At Navigant they are doers not thinkers.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop running the company like an small company. Get an strategy and let your employees know what that strategy is.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Navigant Consulting full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great People who work there.

Cons – Poor Leadership, not strategic in growing company. Operate with a small company mentality.

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in some outside leaders with more global experience and a fresh perspective instead of moving existing people around who have been there for 15 plus yrs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good global reach for mid-sized firm
On paper, practice groups are complimentary

Cons – No communication...from anyone about anything
Aggressive sales culture prohibits collaboration
Lack of Leadership
No enforcement of best practices or common go to market strategy
No tracking tools adds to dysfunctional and backstabbing
Very siloed practice groups
Slow internal processes, many of which are unnecessary

Advice to Senior Management – Talent is in place, yet an attitude of resignation is in place to the dysfunction due to your collective weakness as leaders. Revenue goals could be accomplished and exceeded by implementing and enforcing a standard approach that is practiced by all. Lack of education and understanding of various practice groups. Even admin pool have negative attitudes/do whatever they want.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting full-time

Pros – Good benefits and compensation packages.

Cons – However, there is a lack of communication between team members in different offices and employees lack motivation for self improvement.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting

Pros – In-depth knowledgeable people working in small teams

Cons – Big firm admin with small firm benefits

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Navigant Consulting

Pros – Great work/life balance (if you're in the energy practice)

Cons – This may not be an issue for everyone, but I would have liked to have a greater variety of projects