IT Advisory (CIPS) - People are treated like commodities
Pros
- Huge organization that provides plenty of networking opportunities
Cons
- They promise the world during the interviewing/recruitment process and deliver nothing once you join the firm - There is no focus on professional development at the junior level; body shop in the truest sense - No one cares for your work-life balance; senior level people have no qualms in holding you back till 9 pm without asking for your plans/ prior commitments - Extremely political; you cannot work your way up unless you learn to deal with politics; there is no transparency even when it comes to sharing information on opportunities within the practice or seeking counsel on career development from senior folks - The place has no culture of its own. The firm has been on a slew of acquisitions bringing in people from very disparate work cultures, making it hard to identify with any of them - Policies on time-entry and programs on professional development are a joke! Senior staff manipulate and use them to their own advantage.