Pros
1. Contractually based from home which means all expenses to client sites and Hitachi offices are covered. 2. Competent team members who are generally helpful. 3. Pay is decent but only if you negotiate and insist on what you want.
Cons
1. Purely a technical consultancy based on Microsoft, but no wider offering around advisory, change transformation or strategy. 2. Make a mistake and the bosses/directors will never forget it. Blame is easily assigned. 3. Directors and sales teamo ver-promising the client and under-resourcing a project to protect the margin. Inevitably, the team ends up absorbing the impact. Found myself working late nights for months to meet a sudden next morning deadline that was sprung upon us hours ago. 4. A very Japanese/North American work ethic (few resources, high expectations and burn out). 5. Leavers get little or no mention or farewell from bosses on exit - despite several years of service.
