Wavestone Reviews

We would like to take this opportunity to respond to a number of the comments from your review: "They proudly say they compete with big consulting firms'" Within our focus areas we do compete with and win business with top tier clients against the full range of consulting firms from the big-4 to smaller niche firms. We do not aspire to replicate the breadth of the larger firms and pursue a number of strategic focus areas around the IT transformation agenda. "As they do not have/win enough projects for their consultants in the UK..they send them to their Paris office. They present it as "a development opportunity" to learn from their main office...but don't be a fool" At Wavestone, we are very proud to say that we are a part of an international organisation. Travelling is a core part of being a consultant and is a fantastic opportunity to learn and build an international network. We continue to expand the UK team and have consistently grown the UK business year on year. Exposing our consultants to the wider group capabilities and clients whilst building their international experience is a key factor in developing our team. As such we do expect team members to spend some time in Paris and elsewhere and we are up-front about this in our recruiting process. "Many employees resigned since the acquisition" Our staff-turnover rate is in line with the standard for the consulting industry and there has not been a significant increase since the acquisition. "The management and your career development manager won't give you the support you need and won't help you achieving your career goals" Everyone at Wavestone has their own personal development plan and works with their career development manager to shape and adapt this as they progress through the grades. There are a number of internal / external and online trainings available and we encourage employees to be proactive and make any training requests to their CDM. It is very uncommon that a training request is refused. It is also imperative that employees are having open and regular conversations with their CDMs to make them aware of their aspirations and goals. Objectives should then be set on the basis of this. "There is a lack of transparency and equality regarding salaries, pay rises and promotions.." All employees at Wavestone are treated and rewarded fairly. We have a very clear and consistent framework around pay and progression, which supports individual promotion at the appropriate time for them. This avoids consultants competing against each other for limited positions at the next grade, which is not the case at Wavestone. We aim to be transparent in all of our activities and as part of the recruitment process, should individuals receive an offer, they are more than welcome to meet informally any of our consultants (either newly started or long time employees) in order to gain a first hand insight into what its like working here.

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and we are sorry that you have a negative perception of Wavestone. Wavestone place a lot of emphasis on the people aspect of the business and have received recognition for our 'human' approach to recruitment, appraisals and career development. Our commitment to people is demonstrated by our structured graduate programme, training opportunities and other initiatives such as the company ski trip and annual companywide charity day. With regards to benefits, all of our employees receive a new laptop and phone on their first day as part of their induction. We operate what we believe is a competitive benefits package including pension, health insurance and life assurance and are currently in the process of evolving this to a wider flexible benefits model in 2019. We also offer a level of guaranteed bonus to graduates within their first year and operate a separate bonus scheme to all other employees that is linked to both personal and group performance. If you would like to discuss anything further, please contact me directly and we can set up a time to talk in person.