VHB reviews

4.1

87% would recommend to a friend

(285 total reviews)
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Michael Carragher

98% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

VHB has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 285 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The VHB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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285 reviews
3.0
Feb 16, 2011

VHB - Very High Billable ratios

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent, solid staff. Entry to mid-level staff is young and dedicated to learning and producing a quality deliverable. Proposal preparation documents are first class. Initial compensation (hiring salary) is excellent. Flexibility of work schedule. Benefits are good.

Cons

Target Billable Percentage is overly micromanaged. Must hit or exceed target every two weeks or get called on the carpet. No true sales force, expectation of seller/doer. Tough for engineers to do. Expectation of meeting high target billability without adequate time alloted to develop clients. Weak, if any, mentoring. Senior management likes to think they are connected with staff, but far from true. Extreme self-preservation of senior staff, especially amongst associates and principals. Poor annual reviews and annual compensation bumps do not keep up with inflation. Carrot dangling of shareholder possibility.

2.0
Oct 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours and fair compensation along with interesting projects and casual work environment. Good community involvement for charities. Many competent workers.

Cons

Sneaky upper management tactics; Sweatshop mentality by hiring young, recent grads and pushing them to work uncompensated to keep projects on budget; Older, senior and more expensive workers pushed out the door for young, cheap talent; Active age discrimination seems to be their dirty little secret; Location in Watertown is awful; Management will do anything to stay profitable at the expense of their workers. Program for promotion to associate creates bitter divide between stock owners and workers.

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