FTI Consulting Reviews

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good work life balance
Take care of there poeple

Cons – Upper managerment sometimes needs to listen a little more

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your people and follow through

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at FTI Consulting full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – global footprint, promote talented employees, some top-tier practices

Cons – expansion through acquisitions has led to fragmented culture, office politics can get in the way of strategic planning at a high level

Advice to Senior Management – Incentive cross-selling and spend more to promote organic growth, rather than growth through M&A

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at FTI Consulting full-time for more than a year

Pros – Compensation is competitive
Perceived corporate reputation has value
Great lessons on what not to do

Cons – Employees are generally dissatisfied with executives living in the bubble
Perceived corporate reputation is only 40% accurate
Too many leaders have been with the company under loose practices for too long believing that this is the way things should be managed - out of touch with the state of best practices
Too many cowboys, leading to redundancy, and risky management practices

Advice to Senior Management – Sell the business to new owners who know how to manage a global company, and who will implement better management practices
Pass the torch

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – If you join the company as a consultant, you'll get an opportunity to work long hours, travel, get compensated well for overtime, learn a lot, and develop some great technical skills.

Cons – As you go up the ranks, it becomes more of the ole boys club with NYC's boy's club ruling the roost. For good or bad, the culture here is holdover from the Big Four. Compensation becomes more difficult and competitive and the benefits are lacking, especially health care and parental leave. The company can also be very silo: how well you do very much may depend on who is your champion. Finally, with all the acquisitions through the years, the company hosts many disparate types of busiesses, and FTI has no consistent culture or brand in the market.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time for less than a year

Pros – People are wonderful to work with

Cons – DC can get hot in the summers!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great people, challenging and creative work, opportunity to grow career

Cons – Nothing to add at this time

Advice to Senior Management – Nothing to add at this time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time

Pros – Exciting dynamic work, various opportunities

Cons – lack of mentorship , lack of integration of various units

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Work is consistently varied from personal experience
- High achievers are recognized and moved up quickly - no minimum time between promotions
- Reasonable work hours
- Plenty of opportunities to work in cross-practice assignments
- Top-tier clients

Cons – - Not everyone is an overachiever and some do not see any realistic upward prospects
- Very diverse cultural and professional backgrounds amongst teams - those who are not internationally-minded may not fit in well
- Bureaucratic in its admin - at times the paperwork can be extremely frustrating

Advice to Senior Management – - Create more opportunities for cross-office/practice secondment
- Reduce bureaucratic red-tape - these are slowing down productivity
- More support and training to those who are not meeting their potential

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at FTI Consulting full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good name. Seemingly solvent. Large enough to have advantages of scale. Starting to integrate globally.

Cons – Vicious political environment between management. Terrible culture. No respect for talent. Shark tank of people trying to keep their position. Talented senior people let go and replaced with hordes of junior associates who are paid low wages

Advice to Senior Management – Way too many low-skilled, cheaply paid workers. Keep and nurture your talent - listen to the innovators. Don't reward the snakes for back room politics - reward talent and creativity. FTI culture lacks authenticity and trust. FTI needs a better conscience towards its employees. The sectors terribly siloed due to competition over clients and territories.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at FTI Consulting full-time for more than a year

Pros – Young employee base, room for advancement, solid work/life balance (20 PTO days per year plus 3 floating holidays, 25 PTO days per year after 2 years on the job)

Cons – Low pay at the junior level

Advice to Senior Management – Pay your employees more

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend