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If the salary looks good, it is not worth it unless it is 200k+ with no experience - Anonymous employee C1 Consulting Employee Review

2.0
Feb 21, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work from home Fridays Good pay

Cons

Everything besides the pay. Cult of personality surrounding one or two individuals in your office They will work you 50 to 60+ hours per week and will have no respect for your familial life. Emails over Christmas holidays are the norm. You will be castigated if you do not respect the "on call 24/7" rule. Sadly, they don't tell you this going into the job. Expectations and training are non existent. Unless you have A LOT of Consulting experience and fully understand the industry, I would stay away. This is a terrible place to learn and develop your career out of undergrad/grad school, but could be a good option for more experienced workers who know what they are getting into. If you have less than 5 years experience, they pay will seem great, but taking a job here could likely set your career back a few years because you WIll get burnt out and hate yourself within 3 months. Just ask what turnover is at the company and you will understand. Seriously, if you get an interview, ask what turnover is in this company. That will tell the story. Middle management is out for themselves, will take credit for your work and blame you when things go wrong. Prepare to live a miserable existence if you want to succeed.

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Pros

Collegiate, high visibility, opportunities for career development

Cons

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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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