Great contract work, terrible leadership. - Anonymous employee DUTY FIRST CONSULTING Employee Review

good benefits 401k, good career progression, kind people

none, all good, can't think of anything wrong

● Opportunities for direct client interaction. ● Generally friendly and collegial work environment among peers. ● Exposure to a variety of workstreams and real-world client scenarios.

● Expectations and standards varied significantly across managers and task leads, leading to inconsistencies in how work was evaluated. ● Clarifying questions were not always addressed in a timely manner, especially when tasks had short turnaround times and minimal background. ● Deliverables were judged against expectations that were not clearly communicated, regardless of requests for clarification. ● Overall lack of structured guidance or documentation; requests for specific expectations or general guidelines were acknowledged but rarely fulfilled. ● Feedback was vague or reactive rather than instructional, making it difficult to course-correct. ● Limited mentorship or effort from leadership to support improvement and long-term success, including during formal performance reviews. ● Waves of onboarding junior-level staff led to obvious worsening of operational organization and increasing negligence in management.