Smithbucklin reviews

2.8

30% would recommend to a friend

(463 total reviews)
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Matt Sanderson

42% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Smithbucklin has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 463 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Smithbucklin employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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463 reviews
5.0
Dec 18, 2019
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Pros

Big company that feels smaller than it is - great leadership and they seem to listen to their employees. Interesting work in association management, and plenty of opportunity to travel, network, and progress. Have made progress catching up to the 21st century when it comes to parental leave.

Cons

While they've made progress catching up to the modern world in terms of parental leave, it's still wanting. 30 days paid leave for mothers and 2 weeks paid leave for fathers is not enough. It still places undue burden on the mothers specifically. Health insurance is also insufficient for a family. You'll find yourself deferring care because of cost. I urge leadership to overhaul this structure to attract and retain talent.

3.0
May 21, 2019
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Pros

I learned and grew professionally more than I ever could have imagined in this role. In this environment, you will get to work on a wide array of projects and get to flex different skills. My teammates had many unique specialized skills that I was able to learn from as well. This job was an amazing stepping stone and helped me get my dream job because of the impressive skills I was able to show off from SmithBucklin. Great job for people starting a career and wanting to learn more!

Cons

The nature of the work is to put out the best work with the least amount of people- aka lowest cost to the client. The majority of the staff is spread thin and stressed. Employees do usually end up putting together amazing end products for clients, which I think is why no changes are made to workloads, despite complaints from staff. If you are in a service unit, you will be juggling anywhere from 4-7 client loads, which can be overwhelming to deal with competing timelines and needs. Upper management seems much more focused on making clients happy rather than making staff happy.

4.0
Oct 29, 2018

Making Strides

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I am writing this review today as I feel too often only negative responses are captured, rather than the positive ones. Today, our CEO sent a heartfelt email to our organization in which, made me tear and feel proud to work for a great leader who opened up and communicated to our organization the way he did. Thank you. This was a pivotal moment and one that I don't want to go unrecognized nor unappreciative. He's doing a lot to move this organization forward and he needs more appreciation and support. We are in the constant world of instant gratification and need to recognize it doesn't happen overnight. While we have a lot more progression, I feel confident our leader is taking us in the right direction. I am truly happy at SmithBucklin and get frustrated reading all these negative comments (many which are the same person). Our organization is changing, we are evolving, and we need everyone to take part in this change - instead of pointing fingers elsewhere. Yes, some leadership folks need to part ways as they are not on the bandwagon. I appreciate the effort in putting SmithBucklin in an employee focused organization rather than solely client focused. Great change ahead!

Cons

We need more progressive benefits and flexibility. Often times, we are so consensus driven that it take a year to make a decision. Advice to Management: Move forward and don't worry about those resistant to change - change and then it will become their new norm. There are certain leaders that still only know how to say no. Change that - or we we will continue to see high turnover.

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