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Arbitrary and unpredictable place to work, but clearly on the upswing - Anonymous employee C1 Consulting Employee Review

2.0
Sep 1, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The reviews that are positive here reflect recent changes. It is true that because of the company's small size and recent history of losing many employees (some due to unfortunate hiring decisions, done partly out of the need to get more staff to handle how busy the company was), the management is now deeply invested in keeping its staff happy. This is a recent change and should not entirely be trusted. The small size means that one gets a full-range of experiences in project management and research. The co-owner and some of the more senior management are experienced and knowledgeable, and there have been efforts to start sharing that experience. The company is busy which means there's a fair amount of job security if you do your work attentively and can tolerate the occasionally erratic moods of the head of the company. There is a desire to do projects creatively, though sometimes this is understandably restrained by client interest and limited budgets, which is often the case in any company. The employees are smart and serious, but also willing to be social and have fun.

Cons

High employee turnover actually reflects problems with how employees have been treated. A couple of reviews note that review process at the company is fair, this is not actually true. There was (in the past, at least) clear favoritism and arbitrary treatment of employees. Bonus potential is generous, but withholding bonuses has been used as a reactive measure that seems highly inappropriate in an otherwise rigorous and empirically-oriented company. Time off was not distributed evenly and further reflected favoritism. For example, in spite of being exempt employees, I was told that in order to go to a doctor's appointment I would need to use my PTO, yet the company happily expected its employees to work 60+ hour weeks with (again somewhat arbitrary) little to no comp time offered.

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5.0
Jun 14, 2017
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Pros

Collegiate, high visibility, opportunities for career development

Cons

Long hours, though work from home fridays

5.0
May 12, 2015
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Pros

Take the negative reviews with a grain of salt--they are mostly a consequence of company size. Up until 6-12 months ago we were a "small" firm and it's uncomfortable to write a review as a happy current (or former) employee when everyone (in your branch) will know you wrote it. This leaves the most likely people to write reviews to be bitter, former employees. Given that we are now a mid-sized firm I would encourage employees (former and current) to give an honest review of the company. Pros: 1) Very intelligent coworkers 2) Competitive salary and benefits 3) Great work-life balance (for consulting). Work from home Fridays, multiple holidays, managers are very lenient with employees needing to come late/leave early/leave for an hour or two for an appointment. It mostly depends on how reliable you are in terms of getting work done on time and not being someone overtly trying to take advantage of C1's leniency 4) No traveling Monday-Thursday nonsense (i.e. our firm does more than simply sell employees to a business for 6 months at a time) 5) Opportunity to work directly with high-level people (i.e. Directors, Partners--most of whom are open to suggestions on project approaches, design, etc.). Really, this shouldn't be understated: you can quickly get visibility with the owners of the firm. 6) The firm makes a real effort to get you on project types you request to work on

Cons

1) Partners have very different styles of managing projects--mostly due to their areas of expertise and personality types 2) Recent split in NJ/NY office seems likely to cause more complications than it fixes

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