Growing pains are very present, has potential but needs serious changes - Anonymous employee Slalom Employee Review

Management is not equipped to handle real growth, as they all appear to be former lifers in consulting and have very little business experience growing a 'business' not just a 'practice'. The kindness here can kill you, literally. You'll be given little direction, then you'll take initiative, but then the reward is minimal. Then you'll ask for better direction and it is promised and not truly delivered. Then you may join a variety of initiatives, but be penalized for not leading them. If you are not a complete end-to-end rockstar self starter and entrepreneur, you will not ascend here at all. Some of the strongest and brightest folks here cannot move up, and there is never ever a good explanation, although the company touts their ability to help people succeed with transparency. In multiple practices, you will almost never see more than 1 (if that!) consultants elevated into management from within the company. Instead they take the easy way out and hire outside the company. That is a clear indication of a lack of vision, mentoring, and understanding of how to grow people. VERY few women leaders. The talk here from day 1 is you will be challenged with great work and "up and to the right" challenges. (think of that upper right gartner magic quadrant). It just does not happen. Great marketing, great discussions, fantastic quarterlies and culture mask a rather drab and uneventful work week at most clients. To get a real understanding here, you need to talk to the bread and butter talented consultants. Not the newbies or management. Several critical accounts lost or are in peril. The rap on Slalom used to be this was a dressed up staff aug shop. It got better but recently it has reverted right back because there are no wins on strategic work, it is all vanilla work that less talented individuals can nail.