Pros
Fine benefits package Work is interesting if you are in research and analysis, consultancy You do grow intellectually Good company brand on CV
Cons
Very little training: the training offered is soft skills like negotiation, conflict. I need language training, opportunities to learn about my industry but this is not offered and you have to go out of your way to get training Duplicity, double standards No career advancement- you will stay an analyst forever, you will never be promoted to managing people and projects. My colleague has been here ten years. She's gone from junior analyst to principal analyst in that space, but essentially she's still doing the same job A lot is said about flexible working- depends on what you do, ie geologists can work from home all the time, we can't You work long hours not reflective of your pay in order to get work done. In the mornings you write SDAs with a noon deadline which nobody can meet, and then in the afternoon you have country profiles, meetings, client requests, projects, reports to write...I can work hard, but what for? Where will it get me? You don't really get recognition. If a client reads your report and thinks it is great you will never know, nor will it get you places in the company. My strategy is to work here for a few years, get what I can, and then go where my skills will be appreciated and properly renumerated. A lot of analysts are leaving.