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Cornerstone Research

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Great people, boring and limited work - Analyst Cornerstone Research Employee Review

3.0
Oct 8, 2009
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Pros

The people are really smart and very helpful. They are the best resource. When you don't know something, you can just call someone up who will explain it to you. A great and supportive environment. The support staff is great and quick to respond to requests. The people are nice and the working environment is very positive.

Cons

The work is so niche that it does not help with career development unless one wants to go specifically into research or come back to this type of economic consulting. There is very little exposure to the end client. You analyze what has already happened, so this is not the place to develop business intuition (as opposed to general management and strategy consulting). As an analyst, you come out of Cornerstone with no real management skills.

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Pros

- interesting, stimulating work with high impact on regulations and industries. - people are mentorship focused and willing to teach and foster growth. Strong analyst community that is unique compared to many jobs right out of undegrad. - great way to break into data, econometrics, and finance work. - high pay and stable growth structure over time.

Cons

- hours can get crazy (60+ hour weeks, working til 4 AM) and with very limited flexibility towards a personal life unless you have children (and even then, the flexibility is not always there). - not very diverse. It varies office to office but overall it is still a mostly straight, white, male-dominated company. The company also silently gutted the internal DEI structures due to the new administration. - unclear if HR takes issues of harassment or poor behavior from upper management seriously. Many higher ups seem to not face any consequences. - often times you will have to work on unsavory projects (supporting harmful companies or practices). - limited mobility upwards from the analyst level (some offices will sponsor graduate school or direct promotion to the senior level, some do not). - slow to change regarding company policies and practices (e.g., slow on the AI adoption). - can be a very unstructured environment. People can have the same role but vastly different experiences.

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