Stratas Partners provided me opportunities - Anonymous employee Stratas Partners Employee Review

- Fast learning on pricing and market access, while knowledge management isn’t as systematic as in other places, the company has very deep knowledge that’s well documented compared to other small boutiques. I also built up very solid knowledge of the workings of pricing & market access across markets and gained experience across different therapeutic areas over my first few months at the firm that has stayed with me ever since. - flexible roles - small size of the company allows to quickly take on more responsibility, I started leading projects 6 months in, which would not have been possible in other places - Collegial atmosphere with junior staff, team work is usually quite good - Good client exposure at consultant level with opportunity for good relationship building - Limited travel schedule, generally for key milestone meetings during projects only - Offers good exit opportunities in general, I think the best fit for the firm are young smart hard working grads from tier 2 institutions outside of Switzerland, who can have a great learning experience and after 2 years decide whether to continue with Stratas or exit. E.g. several alumni at Top pharma manufacturer in Basel - likely impossible to be considered for interview for them before their Stratas time. The job is the best fit for this kind of profile, but the value prop of this job is obviously different for everyone depending on where people are coming from and where they want to go - Tareck generates a continuous stream of business, allowing to keep everyone busy - while this can sometimes come at the cost of lifestyle, I think this can be a true challenge for boutique firms impacting job stability

- Compensation below top consulting players in Switzerland - Working hours can be intense. I’ve read some of the other reviews so wanted to offer a few more specifics. I wouldn’t say hours are significantly worse compared with consulting in German speaking countries - I am now with a big firm in Germany with many pre-7am flights and regularly work until 1 or 2 am, with colleagues even pulling all nighters. I don’t have time to e.g., check personal text messages or read the paper in my current job. At Stratas, hours were 9/9.30am to 11pm many days, with some 3am stretches. More rarely, i also had days where I could just monitor incoming mail after 9pm but not be fully engaged. I generally had some dead 15 min here or there during the day where I’d read the paper etc. I would occasionally have to work up to 5 hours or so on a weekend, which is slightly better in my current role. Of course, corporate positions have much better hours, as does research. I think hours were particularly tough on staff at Stratas due to the large number of hires from scientific backgrounds with less exposure to professional services industries. - Not a lot of senior leadership, I missed having more variety of people to learn from. There is also no clear succession plan or “path to partner” which made it challenging for many of my peers and myself to envision a very long term trajectory with the group

- Multiple and highly interesting projects and clients - Possibility to learn fast and get client exposure - Culture of success and hard work - Company founder engaged in each project and supportive - Rewarding job - Best way to switch fast from academic to business side (w/o the need to attend London Business school)

- Highly demanding job (but this is what people should expect from consultancy)