Pros
Starting salary ahead of the national average for SAP consultants. That's one of the few nice things I can say about my time with this horribly managed, quasi-capable SAP practice. I also enjoyed working with some very bright colleagues from around the globe, unfortunately, they too became fed up with incompetent management and found more worthy opportunities.
Cons
The CSC experience largely depends on your project management team. Sadly, most experienced CSC consultants said the company employed more rotten management apples than ripe. The cons an associate will find in CSC's SAP practice are too numerous to list, however, I'll do my best to accurately portray my experience at the Mickey Mouse Consulting. First, CSC associates are no more than mere seat fillers. Get used to filling out mindless TPS reports while the rest of the team downs a T-bone and shots at the Ritz. The client will disrespect you since your own management does so by making fun of your duties. HR and the interviewer said I'd work in SAP. The only SAP I saw was on a tree outside. Unless a warm body is needed for a paperboy run, you'd be lucky to get anything other than a "good morning" from those ranking higher. And that's on a rare sunny day when the CSC team hasn't been lambasted for another go-live delay. As an associate, you need to get used to the number ZERO. You'll get ZERO training, ZERO mentoring, ZERO support, ZERO, ZERO advancement, and ZERO future. In line with the other reviews, working 20 - 30 hours of "highly glorified secretary" overtime Monday through Sunday is expected. This isn't for 2 or 3 weeks. It's for 5-7 months at a time. I would estimate that 90% of my colleagues were actively looking for work because of this. Don't even think about working from home on Friday! As a local associate, you're on-site with the client. This is extremely damaging to your network as you'll never have the opportunity to network with consultants based out of your local office. Benefits. Health Insurance is mediocre at best, 401k match and vesting schedule is extremely stingy, and I was forced to work many paid holidays. Promotions: See Peter Principle. I also found performance review to be EXTREMELY clinical and impersonal. A manager who I rarely saw gave the review. They said that I did great, but wouldn't be receiving a raise since we, as a practice, didn't meet our goals. Layoffs: At any given moment, you could get the call. I saw many consultants with the company less than 2 years getting that call. You're there on an as needed basis and will be gone the second they don't need the paperboy. Believe it. Management: Meetings with Jim, Jack, Johnnie, and Jose before lunch. Do I need to say any more? If you are truly interested in having a career in IT consulting, don't waste your time interviewing with alcoholics. Connecting modems to routers with RJ-45 would give a better foundation that working for the Complete Sham Company.