May work for some but I will never go near them again - Consultant RGP Employee Review

Unprofessional Environment Interfacing with the client are a GQ 30 something crowd that wear nice clothes and take staff out to dinner and throw parties but have virtually no understanding of client specific needs - nothing more than a body shop with a "throw it up against the wall to see if it sticks" quality philosophy. Consultants they hire tend to be seasoned professionals that are often capable enough to make this model work in spite of itself! You really operate in this environment as a contractor "light" - they throw you a minimal benefits set but utilization risk rests entirely with you. Another key point, since the company has no independent appraishal of your skill set, effeciveness, performance you are highly vulnerable to the vagaries of firm/client skuttlebut and chemistry/non performance factors and I have seen some very capable people wash out because an originally poor fit results in spurious feedback and you are entirely on your own. Sniping often occurs when staff is place alongside other consulting firms or threaten other client agenda's and feedback (and the lack of forethought concerning appropriate role/accountability) and I have seen good people screwed from this. The also tell you its up to you when and what you work on but as a practical matter you are naturally locked into the opportunity pool currently facing the firm and so this does not work in practice - large dysfunctional firms that are required by the outside world to throw money at a problem (SEC, DA, etc.) are this firms bread and butter. I have seen staff who are former CFO's performing bank reconciliations at ridiculous rates and former staff accountants teed up to the client as transitional controllers - no rhyme or reason. But they do have good parties!