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86% would recommend to a friend

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William Hinde

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5.0
Aug 11, 2014
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Pros

With its full employment model and robust benefits, DLC offers a career opportunity to gain wider accounting and finance professional growth and experience in multiple industries and at various levels without the risks typically associated with consulting. I’ve been a consultant with DLC for a combined total of six years. Shortly after joining DLC I attended a companywide event of DLC consultants and internal staff and remember being deeply impressed by the caliber, intelligence and collective experience of so many bright professionals in one room at one time. I am proud and honored to still be counted as one of that impressive team. DLC offers an extremely competitive, full-employment compensation package and excellent benefits as well as robust incentive bonuses to those who provide project, new client, and candidate referrals. The full-employment model eliminates the risk of inconsistent income typically associated with consulting careers, while allowing consultants to gain valuable experience in diverse industries that they may never have gained if they stayed in the same position with one company year over year. Consultants are paid for every hour they work and each project brings new opportunities to learn and to apply one’s professional skills, knowledge, and experience at the top echelon of companies in California and Illinois (and growing). Consultants are provided access to excellent training and technical research tools as well as company branded tools and resources. These tools, along with access to the rich DLC knowledge-base, and the support of the internal team, allow consultants to be highly confident they can effectively handle the needs of each client engagement.

Cons

Sometimes consultants may be asked to take projects involving longer or less than ideal commutes. In my experience, project content and level of work have generally outweighed most commute drawbacks. I have also found clients to be flexible enough in scheduling to mitigate most commute challenges.

5.0
Jul 31, 2014
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Pros

Good earning potential - the firm offers a competitive salary and provides you with the opportunity to supplement your salary with pretty generous bonuses. Varied project work - the project work runs the gamut from gap-filling positions (staff level through senior management level) to business process improvement projects, system implementation projects as well as SEC and regulatory reporting engagements and most everything in between. Smart people - the firm tends to hire credentialed people with significant experience (skewed a bit more towards the senior level). In the past year or so, the firm has broadened its hiring to include more junior and mid-level consultants without sacrificing the educational and credential requirements they have long upheld. This has helped make the firm more well-rounded and allowed it to better address the various levels of client needs. Training - the firm encourages training and provides it consultants with many opportunities to add to their skill set. Internal team - the firm has a strong, cohesive internal team that works very well together. Given how lean the internal team is, this is critically important and one of the reasons that the back office runs so smoothly. Work/Life balance - a decent work/life balance is achievable here. Although it may be more challenging to achieve on some client engagements over others, it is achievable. That is something I truly appreciate.

Cons

Commutes - sometimes the commutes are less than desirable. This is not an uncommon thing (especially in Los Angeles). The firm does try to manage this as much as reasonably possible. However, there are times where that is not possible and you end up with a less than optimal commute. Your attitude about your commute goes a long way in make it a manageable situation. Additionally, I have found that many times you are able to work out some sort of schedule flexibility with your client that helps minimize the "commute" impact. Project content - yes, there are times when the project content isn't as interesting as it could be. I fortunately have not run into that situation very much in my many years here. And, when I did, I chose to make the best of it and wound up finding opportunities to increase/enhance the project content. You would be surprised how many clients are willing to elevate your work if you gain their trust/confidence and let them know you are open, willing and able to do more.

5.0
Feb 27, 2014

Can't say enough good things about it!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent compensation, great benefits, super nice/caring people, forward thinking, top-notch

Cons

Corporate office staff is spread pretty thin, so responding to employee questions or working new initiatives can be slow at times

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