Slalom's value proposition decreases dramatically over time. - Anonymous employee Slalom Employee Review

2.0
Feb 14, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

At first, the company seems like an engaging place to work. Lots of energy and friendly enough people. Company hosted events can be fun. If you are liked enough by senior leaders, you may get invited to their inner circle. If your leader is good, you will get some mentoring that may advance your career.

Cons

Good leaders are very few and far between. If you are not selling work, there is no meaningful advancement. The novelty of social engagement wears down, and you become an outsider to your org, office, and practice group. You may realize, too late, that you wasted your time in your billable title, while doing the real leadership work that keeps people together and going strong. Be prepared to be let down by a failed recognition system that values people who can brag the most effectively. Eventually, you leave, disappointed in Slalom for not seeing your value and accomplishments. You leave disappointed in yourself for being fooled by a false corporate culture. You will leave and see Slalom for the machine that it is; it takes talented people and makes them sales people, or marginalized experts, while chasing the elusive 50% margin to make the highest leaders extremely rich for doing nothing more than standing up a pyramid scheme.

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Slalom Response
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This is John Tobin. We have likely met in the past and I would really love to see how things evolved for you while here. Like many in consulting, to move into elevated roles, some sales goes with this. That said, we are working on a more clear model that celebrates our capabilities and above all the outcomes we are driving for our clients. This has always been the intent, but I admit sometimes this is downplayed within certain markets, certain teams. If there is more you would like to share with me, 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.

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