Demeaning and Demotivating - Senior Consultant Sales Benchmark Index Employee Review

-Work is relentless and it interferes with everything. Partners expect the client work to come first. Work / life balance is impossible. They like to preach "work / life intersection" but that's just code words for "you'll likely be working all the time". Join SBI if you want to view your family's experiences over Facebook because you won't be there most of the time. -Benefits are awful. SBI provides very basic options and very little to offset the out of pocket cost. There is no 401(k) match, no equity purchase plan, very little monthly reimbursement for office expenses, etc. This would all be fine if the monthly salary offset these negatives, but SBI likes to hire people for as little as they can get away with vs. providing a generous salary for people to pay for the missing benefits without losing income when they join. -Toxic culture. Most people just keep their heads down and try to do the best that they can while suffering through constant "constructive criticism", unrealistic expectations, and heinously impossible deadlines. If you dare to mention anything critical to a Partner, it will be turned against you - what could you have done differently, how could you have anticipated that, etc. The Partners are above reproach and everyone knows it. They can do no wrong, it's always someone else's fault. Everyone quickly learns to grin and bear it vs. offering authentic feedback to management. -Boy's club. All of the Partners, Principals, VPs, and Engagement Managers are men. That should tell you all that you need to know. Banter is like a locker room or submarine. Comments are crass, swearing is the norm, co-workers and leaders constantly make sexual inuendos to one another about people inside the firm or clients. Women in the firm are referred to as "girls" all of the time.