Pros
Some of the most intelligent people I've ever met worked at Slalom. Brilliant! If you're looking for a place to up your game and grow professionally, it's great. Slalom fully believes in and will fund your professional development. Slalom paid for several certifications to develop my skills that my industry job would have never paid for. I can honestly say that I grew more professionally in my time with Slalom than in any previous employment. Sarah is awesome! (with one tiny caveat)
Cons
You'll be fine if you're in the right clique in Phx. (I had done work for other markets and found that this cliquiness was unique to Phx.) You'll get terrible projects if you're not part of the right group and/or speak out against the preferred group. People leadership is a crap shoot. Some People Leaders are great, but others are terrible. Worse yet, People Leaders are not held accountable. Leadership (even Sarah :( ) knows which PLs are terrible and continues to let them lead. There are PLs that have driven off talented consultants, and rather than pause their leadership and continue to develop these new PLs; they elevate them to initiatives with higher visibility. Imagine a PL with a known track record of being difficult to deal with and a terrible manager of people in charge of a company-wide initiative to further Organizational Effectiveness. I've been placed under two newly promoted PLs, and there wasn't any follow-up to see how their new promotions were doing, how leaders could help them develop, etc. Essentially, Slalom Phx does everything they advise an organization NOT to do regarding OE and the development of people. They don't drink their own Kool-aid. Also, Slalom will tell you that they want you to "love your work" and they "respect work/life balance", but be advised that "work/life balance" means a 50 hr work wk- 40 hrs for a client and then extra hours for Slalom related activities. AND there is an expectation that you join an initiative, lead an internal project, join a COE, etc. So even if you did a fantastic job for your client and met all of your Slalom training requirements, it's not enough. You are "strongly encouraged" to attend social events, committees, etc. Participation in these events is part of your year-end evaluation.