Kaiser Associates reviews about "office culture"

- Hours may be slightly lower (55-60 hours/week) on average than other consulting firms but still unpredictable and very project- and team-dependent - Pay is lower than competitors - Lack of variety in projects: most are qualitative market research as opposed to "pure strategy", and interviews-based (e.g. competitor benchmarking or customer research), not much opportunity to develop quantitative / technical skills that are valued - Leadership is often too busy to provide real input on projects until key moments, leading to lack of efficient distribution in work - Only a few practices (healthcare/Kx Advisors and payments) are really growing; others rely on a few marquee clients and seemingly unable to expand beyond them - Low brand name and lack of name recognition when looking to switch careers beyond going to business school

You do not work at a strategy consulting firm - you spend all of your days randomly cold calling and emailing and using Google to find basic info to put on slides. These are mindnumbing tasks that are falsely framed as strategy to try to poach highly talented undergraduates. Kaiser is a search fund - that's it. Extremely passive-aggressive leadership (that requires the consultants to show up in person while spending time at their vacation homes), and a general lack of competency. I felt myself getting dumber every day I worked here. Outside of leadership, the office culture isn't terrible - if anything, it's nonexistent. An extraordinarily boring culture where there are minimal opportunities to connect and grow with your colleagues, which doesn't bode well if you want to move to a better job.

Slightly long hours, but that is to be expected in this industry!