Pros
- Talented people, specially at junior levels - Very interesting projects overall - Work flexibility, e.g. working from home, specially at senior levels - Switzerland is a great country to live in
Cons
- Long hours and very low salary compare to other consulting firms, even 2nd or 3rd tier companies - Bonus scheme is a joke and the company management will go to great lengths to justify not paying full bonuses, e.g. changing the way it is calculated on a yearly basis...all that while CEO compensation is plain outrageous at +$20M/year - Upper management has been too long in the company and have forgotten what innovation, company culture, or people development is: often times good ideas but zero clues or direction on how to implement them. It is embarrassing to hear them talk knowing that nothing will actually happen - Lack of proper training and people development plan compare to to other firms. Improvements have been made but a few online trainings are not enough to properly form juniors and new joiners - No fast track or career advancement for top performers: the firm is a mediocracy where good people (at senior levels) will always be looked at dismissively by the mediocre people (large majority), which constantly try to undermine or diminish the merits of the others, e.g., looking for trifling excuses to not to promote top performers - Very high turnover, probably as consequence of the points aforementioned: good people tend to leave and not-so-good people remain cause they are not good enough to find better jobs: this only perpetuates the non-meritocratic system and you end-up with managers that have been for many years in the company and have zero will to change the system or improve