Pros
Overall good company. Fantastic products. Love the vision and mission statement. However I had a very bad experience in a specific practice. Was let go with no formal warning. People are leaving left and right within the client facing growth teams. (1) Very intelligent co workers. (2) Very cool projects, case studies, use cases (3) Great Townhall setting for transparency, communication, direction if company (4) Met some truly wonderful people who I have continued to stay in connect with (5) Fantastic opportunities to train outside of work hours. Certificates, Domain knowledge, etc. As they continue to position themselves in PR, News, gross margins, etc. for IPO, when hiring for client facing roles, ensure the onboarding for your responsibilities, support if any disruption happens, and empathy is there at a practice level. I will still always root for Fractal, but I hope HC or HR fishbones some of the practices and their heads. There needs to be accountability when people are leaving left and right.
Cons
However has similar pitfalls in the industry: (1) Hire for growth, but onboarding process is extremely poor in terms of aligning skillsets with role, understanding clear expectations, and where to grab support particularly for new employees (2) Fraternity like atmosphere. Tenured members will give bandwidth to each other and grab key projects (3) Leadership by practice differs. I had a very bad experience with my Practice head. I need two hands to count # of people who have left underneath the practice in last two years (4) Political, particularly before IPO. What's truly hapdissatisfaction, floor is shielded by so many layers that Executive Leadership do not know underlying reasons for churn, dissastisfaction, which of course spills into work