Pros
I've worked at The Berkeley Partnership for 18 months now, after a career at two other much larger organisations. There a re a lot of positives but the key ones for me are: - Fantastic opportunities to work on really meaningful, impactful projects for clients - Great exposure to senior leadership at clients - Variety of work, no being pigeonholed as 'just a big SAP implementation person' - although you might get to do that as well, there are opportunities to do strategy, operating model design, HR transformations, anything at all as long as it drives real value to the heart of the client's business - Freedom to craft solutions and work independently whilst being uniquely supported by the partner group - Access to the wealth of experience from other consultants and partners in the organisation, people really do help each other out here - Fantastic culture - it's hard to get people to believe just how much people here actually like each other and enjoy getting together for both learning opportunities, knowledge sharing and social events - An open, honest and inclusive leadership - the partners are genuinely interested in the consultants views on the firm, our strategy and how we operate - Our size and structure means that people actually know you as a person, understand your personal circumstances and are respectful of how you work
Cons
- Our flat structure means that there is not much opportunity for mentoring within the firm, although that doesn't mean that you can't find opportunities to do so at your clients - No performance related bonus. Personally for me this is not an issue, because our pay is competitive and I prefer the reliability of a predictable salary only structure, I appreciate though that bonuses are the norm for many people at big consulting firms - Small teams - again I like working independently and with only a few other Berkeley consultants as it gives me an opportunity to integrate more easily with the client, but it can be daunting if you are used to being part of a larger presence at a client