Pros
There are a few positives to working at Quadrant. 1. Interesting work for big brand names. Many of the firm's clients are cool companies and the issues that we worked on were very current. In a short time you can learn a lot about a variety of businesses and how they are impacted by public opinion. 2. Staff. The people who work at Quadrant who are recent grads are friendly and social and they will go out of their way to help you. I made good friends while I was there.
Cons
The negatives to working at Quadrant are real. 1. Lack of mentoring. The partners at Quadrant don't take a serious interest in developing junior staff. They don't have time or they just don't think it's important because they know that few people will stay on and have longer term careers at the firm. 2. Lack of women/diversity. It was pretty glaring to me that there were virtually no senior women at the firm. And they kept bringing in more and more men at the senior level while I was there. There was not even a discussion around increasing diversity. When it was brought up, from what I heard, it was shut down. 3. Lack of investment in culture. Unfortunately the partner who controls the purse strings isn't interested in building a firm culture that makes people feel valued. It's all about making as much money as possible and doing as little for the staff as necessary. 4. Lack of work life balance. The rule at Quadrant is that you have to respond to emails in 15 minutes (but it's more like 15 seconds) without regard to whether it's really urgent. Even on weekends or late at night. Almost of the teams at Quadrant are overworked. If you're lucky and get assigned to the one partner who brings in the least work, your life might be manageable but if not, you can plan on long hours with little appreciation for your efforts. 5. Speed over accuracy. It sometimes seemed like the partners wanted us to get work out to our clients as fast as possible without really caring if we were getting the data right. As long as it looked good, it went out the door. Partners promised things to clients that were unrealistic and then it was the junior staff who had to deliver it.