- This firm seriously needs to look into its recruiting practices and what it promises to prospective hireees i.e. don't take the bait, they don't have the clients they say they do and aren't "Changing the Future of Finance" with the services they provide. They have branded well to lure in top talent but it's all words and pretty visuals with no meaning, depth or reality to it.
- Leadership are completely swayed by bringing in revenue only. i.e. they will sacrifice your career mobility and ability to take on meaningful work to keep you in a position that pulls in only revenue for the partners.
- Management doesn't care about your career goals, if you don't fall into line with being a mindless PMO stooge, then you're out on your ...
- The level of maturity the firm has in core business processes fails any and every assessment I've ever done at a client i.e. basic processes, knowledge mgt., HR, IT etc... are the worst I've seen at any consultancy.
- Major turf wars go on amongst Partners and MPs to an extent that is completely counter productive to everyone below them. If you have an idea and want to sell it to a client, expect that they will take it from you and sell it as their own
- Downward communication of expectations of roles and responsibilities are also the worst I've ever seen. This is partly due to a lack of care/effort and partly due to they don't know themselves because the folks that sold the work are so out of touch with the delivery teams. So, you're expected to figure it out on your own. i.e. they won't give you the time of day to ask the right questions to ensure effective work products.
- Since I joined, 4 people that started with me have left and it's only been 10 months. Their excuse is, "high turnover in consulting ,"which is true, but I'm sorry, it's not that high at quality firms....
- If you want to stretch yourself and do meaningful work at a top advisory firm, DON'T consider Capco. If you're ok with wrote, monotonous PMO/Staff Aug type work, then you'll fit it fine. i.e. I wouldn't join Capco expecting to advance your career. I guess for some it's a stepping stone to bigger and better things in the Financial Services space, but what I can honestly put on a resume after 10 months, I wouldn't sell to a used car salesman.
- Lastly, transparency from the top down to the bottom is so poor that nobody has any idea why the Partners and top leadership are making the decisions they are... everyone is expected to fall in line, do, don't ask questions, unless materially relevant to your delivery efforts, and even then, don't expect for them to be answered.