Pros
Smart, affable colleagues. Extremely high work quality. Strong salaries comparable to corporate consulting. Some prestigious clients.
Cons
Too many external hires at engagement manager and associate levels instead of promoting from within. Disparity in promotion timelines and status given to so-called "pure strategy" work versus behavior change work even though the latter is also heavy on strategy. No clear rewards for going beyond core duties of our role (with BD, mentoring younger colleagues or producing papers that build the field). Culture still focused around us here at Seattle HQ despite obvious growth in business importance of SF and Paris offices. Not much fluidity with staffing across the 3 offices. Heavy ongoing focus on health sector leaves little capacity to grow opportunities in other pressing impact areas in which the firm's functional expertise would be invaluable. Unclear what firm's end impact is due to lack of follow-up with implementing organizations once strategies have been delivered.