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Approve of CEO
Ken Toombs
44 Ratings
Pros
"Great people who want to make a positive impact" (in 72 reviews)
"mostly work-life balance is good" (in 67 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance is dictated by the project/client" (in 38 reviews)
"Like all premium consultancy companies you will have to bring personal drive to be successful" (in 32 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- COVID-19
"Interesting and variable career"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PA Consulting full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Breadth of work and great team
Cons
no significant cons, pandemic has introduced managing program delivery in a virtual world
"So impressed with the people and culture at PA"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PA Consulting full-time
Pros
Truly inclusive and supportive culture Depth of expertise and professionalism Plenty of opportunities for education (high training budget) Breadth of interesting roles and client work No trace of toxicity and no expectation to work beyond normal work hours
Cons
Although you are given a grace period to bed in you are expected to pitch in and add value as soon as possible. You should be proactive and a confident self-starter.
Pros
Collaborative working, opportunity to progress, and good working hours
Cons
Having to find own work, sometimes busy working hours
Pros
Interesting work, good work-life balance
Cons
mostly focused on public sector
"Excellent company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PA Consulting full-time for more than a year
Pros
Employee friendly, Variety of jobs
Cons
None to share at the moment
- COVID-19
"Principal Consultant"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PA Consulting full-time for more than a year
Pros
Really people orientated. High levels of collaboration. Coaching available. Support for self development. Has been very supportive during COVID-19. Certain parts of the business are highly innovative.
Cons
Working out the latest strategy.
"Brilliant company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PA Consulting full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Culture, people and working on interesting projects
Cons
could get higher base salary elsewhere
"Good job"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at PA Consulting full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good work-life balance, Pays well
Cons
Can be long hours, stressful
- Helpful (1)
"Super smart people and great culture however systemic issues in performance appraisal and reward."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PA Consulting full-time for more than a year
Pros
Very smart, capable and friendly colleagues. Good work-life balance. No expectation to work late but will do if necessary. Some very high-impact, important and interesting work. Lots of training opportunities available.
Cons
PA has a significant systemic issue in how it appraises its consultants. Due to the staffing model being almost entirely driven by partners rather than resource managers, consultants who are not yet partner favourites, such as new joiners, typically get much less client work. This issue is compounded by 70% of annual performance appraisal being dictated by 'utilisation' (how much client work you do). The result is a reward system of favouritism rather than performance. An additional issue at PA is the lack of separation between capability groups. Strategy consultants will be asked to do PMO work, business designers asked to do change management etc. The last primary issue is lack of commitment from line managers. Many line managers at PA view their job as simply being 'available' and that all consultants should essentially 'self-manage'. Although leading to great autonomy, this means that line managers will not be proactive at all in the relationship and will have to be nagged to complete basic responsibilities such as year-end reviews, promotion cases etc.
Continue reading Pros
Really supportive, smart and hard working people
Cons
Corporate side is not very transparent
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