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Distressing Work Environment - Senior Consultant Karp Strategies Employee Review

2.0
12 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Hardworking young team and eager to learn - best set of analysts

Cons

The firm was built with no genuine set of expertise. Analysts have had to build internal knowledge and information ground-up and learn along the way by doing the work. The firm may have built solid ground in stakeholder engagement but had no real previous qualifications in what most industry leaders would qualify as economic development work. Work was initially won based on dishonest representation of the firm's skill set and expertise which made it uncomfortable being a part of any business development efforts. There was clear lack of integrity at management level. There was also a toxic culture of false urgencies set by the principal that made it common for analysts and consultants to work 10-12 hour days regularly.

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Karp Strategies Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at Karp Strategies. We have been able to thrive and grow as a result of our hardworking analysts who take every opportunity to learn and develop new skills. Our partners are proud of the work we’ve done together in economic development, market analysis, real estate advisory, and stakeholder engagement. From day one, we have partnered with and supported city and state agencies, private developers, and nonprofits in delivering analysis and strategy, grounded in our team member’s ever-growing and evolving expertise, experience, and skills. And as our clients’ needs have evolved, so too have we. As needed over the years, we have identified the skills we needed to scale our work and have hired people with those skills and capabilities, thereby growing our full team’s skill set. For more information about our work, visit https://www.karpstrategies.com/projects-all. If you’d like to discuss any of this further, please feel free to reach out to people@karpstrategies.com. We would be more than happy to speak with you. Sincerely, Rebecca Karp

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5.0
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Pros

A highly driven staff members that are highly knowledgable in their field. I have interned at the firm for 8 months, and throughout those 8 months, I got a chance to grow my marketing and analytics skills, while working closely with my manager and another intern. This firm values and listens to the opinions of its employees, and always considers them, as it wants to grow all the time and improve. As an intern, I was exposed to various opportunities, where I grew my business presentation skills while presenting reports to senior staff members, and management, and also expanded my knowledge in analytics and marketing.

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None that I can recall from, as this firm highly values its employees and always considers individual situations, and what you might be going through.

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Karp Strategies Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts about Karp Strategies! We absolutely value our employees and appreciate that that was something you felt in your time with the firm!
1.0
3 Oct 2025
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Pros

-Flexible Hybrid Schedule -Kind people work there

Cons

- The CEO is very rude and passive aggressive, good luck getting a genuine conversation or clarity - Company direction is not clear - Lots of fake love thrown around, none of it is genuine

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