AlixPartners reviews

Management tends to be a black box, not a lot of transparency, in terms of staffing. Joined out of B School, and the learning curve is very steep and long but you are expected to be ready to go on day one. Constant anxiety and stress. Pulled into firm with no formal training and expected to perform to peak expectations. This is improving though as they have started implementing new initiatives for new hires. MDs tend to be very unforgiving, if you mess up on a project they tend to turn their backs on you and you are left struggling for staffing.

- Compensation is secretive/opaque by design, probably 15%-20% below market; annual raises are inadequate compared to other firms; comp is very bonus heavy - As the firm grows it seems to be splitting into several smaller solution/industry groups based on specific Managing Directors or markets; difficult to leave a specialized group once you are "in"; Losing the "one-firm firm" culture pretty quickly -The firm has absolutely zero methodology and inadequate knowledge sharing tools (which they are trying to improve) - you have to reinvent the wheel for every project - The "ideal candidate profile" sought by HR somehow breeds micro-managers, especially the latest wave of Director-level new hires - Non-existent training - most "training classes" are hours of case summaries with little detail around actual process - Very little brand presence outside of turnaround/restructuring - limited exit opportunities when competing for spots with consultants from MBB, ATK, OW, LEK, etc. - Travel expectation (at least in Enterprise Improvement) is Monday - Thursday every week, even when not required - horrible for work/life balance - No 401k match? Has never really been clear. - Up until this year (2017) - 360 review process not available