Terrible, Terrible Leadership! Loyalty more important than competence. - Consultant Slalom Employee Review

1.0
Oct 6, 2017
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Pros

Great colleagues Fun company sponsored events Decent nationwide network of support Most have decent work/life balance

Cons

Leadership at its worst. Most the leaders can not perform at the level the consultants are expected to yet unchecked egos flourish. Sub-par consultants get rewarded at company meetings for minuscule achievements they are more or less loyalty rewards. Promotions at the company rarely made sense and didn't seem to be based on merit. The most important thing to Senior Management is making sure consultants are billable. There was so much turnover I lost track of who I worked with. The culture of fear and back stabbing is so rampant I am unsure how it could be course corrected. People managers were unqualified to manage people.

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