Brussels office: proceed with caution - Consultante Fourtold Employee Review

1.0
6 Sept 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are basic and competitive. Some colleagues (in UK) are helpful and friendly. They gave you office equipment for teleworking.

Cons

The Brussels office suffers from extremely high turn over. Male consultants are promoted rapidly, whilst female are not. Female colleagues were not included in business development or proposal development trainings and side barred from pitching new clients. They hire young consultants for reason, not to mention the use of interns that work 60+hours. Very poor internal training and onboarding into client work. Client work was done with poor (project) planning and organisation, simple project plans were not done. Unsurprisingly, clients were unhappy with deliverables when they understood that work was subpar or delayed. No HR officer, UK HR officer was not aware of basic labour laws of Belgium. They introduced a teleworking/hybrid policy which favours the senior staff. Brussels office did not have windows and most colleagues had lunch at their desk in silence. Work-life balance is non existent, expect to work 50+hrs/week, back to back meetings (instead of actually doing the work) and after work drinks at 8pm to ensure you stay in the office longer...

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2.0
28 Aug 2024
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Pros

I got exposure to different and interesting clients and jobs. Most of the team were wonderful people, friendly and helpful. For people who want to excel quickly, this can be a good place to move up the ranks fast - but at a cost.

Cons

Career opportunities: yes, to an extend. I've seen other people move up fast but in the end not be allowed to actually make decisions. It's a lot about internal politics and your talent manager. I think the best path is to go from entry level to mid-senior and then move elsewhere, where career plans are actually implemented and there's a willingness from the leadership team to support you in your career. Compensation: good, it's the biggest reason people stay. Culture & values: Some of the team truly live by values like inclusion and care for one another. At the end of the day though the leadership makes decisions based on money. I've witnessed this over the past 3 years with great people being pushed out of the business. Diversity & Inclusion: Again, some people practice this, but it's mostly a wish. Dare I say it's a marketing tactic? Work/life balance: In every job there are ups and downs but my impression and experience was that even though a work-life-balance is praised on paper, in practice, the expectation is "consultancy means overtime". Unfortunately the significant part of the leadership is still clinging on to an old-school mindset, forgetting that the new generation is not wanting to follow in their footsteps.

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1.0
22 Nov 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The salary is competitive and the new London office is luxurious.

Cons

Management masterfully curate their communications to put themselves in a good light – but they are completely out of touch with the reality of the work. The expectation is also that you will give up your work-life balance and accept working overtime with no compensation. They also overpromise delivery with their clients which then forces employees to rush through work and stretch skillsets, which in term means the quality of the production is generally not great.

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