Was great trip until we realized we were on the Titanic... - Consultant Toffler Associates Employee Review

Purposeful distancing away from the Original Founders and their Big Ideas has significantly diminished the firm's key differentiation and Intellectual Property from other consultancies Younger clientele has significantly less awareness (if any) of the Founders or their ideas Gravitation away from more lucrative commercial work toward government contract work has put the firm in direct competition with larger and more experienced and cost competitive firms Cap on partnerships and blurring of titles/roles = limited growth opportunities Firm is relatively less competitive on salary and benefits compared to other firms Incentive structure is poorly defined and non-transparent Leadership split company into "tribes," leading to the survival of the fittest and undermining the firm's "Teamwork" mantra Fewer opportunities to work a broad spectrum of projects within the existing "tribal" structure Tribes split up into sub-tribes and then reshuffled again exacerbating "change fatigue" Quarterly meetings, intended to be morale boosting exercises, end-up as farcical side-shows Firms "rainmakers" are being phased out Inexperienced consultants are taking on greater business development roles Lack of general situational awareness of government contracting vehicles and processes Poor stewardship and poor morale Unclear succession planning of qualified leader-in-waiting Unstable leadership Lack of firm diversity Lack of quantitative-rich research to back-up findings Non-existent technology platforms in-house to augment research and analysis Relative lack of job security in the current environment You're either on-board or over-board on this ship.