Slalom Silicon Valley - Mismanagement Galore - Consultant Slalom Employee Review

1.0
Nov 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Local model; every office is autonomous - You get to work with a talented pool of consultants (largely ex-Big 4) - Slalom has a good client base, especially in the SF Bay Area

Cons

- Salaries are not competitive. Yearly bonuses and appraisals are below par - Benefits are not at par with industry and comparable consulting firms - The internal promotion process is very flawed and ambiguous - The leadership team (account and people managers) lack people and client management skills and never have your back

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Slalom Response
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This is John Tobin and thanks for the feedback. We have heard about the ITP process in general (not just SV) and this is something we hope to address more all up within Slalom in 2019. In terms of equity - this is not isolated to just leaders. We look at people who are driving the business and also consider tenure at Slalom to be a key factor. I admit - often this is people who are in leader roles, but there are many in the company who are not leaders, but have equity. I'd be happy to chat more with you about this or other feedback you have - simply email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to talk. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey. Cheers

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