Baringa Partners Reviews

Pros

flexible time, better working condition

Cons

i dont remember any cons

Pros

Many organised fun socials that people pretend to enjoy, if you’re in to that sort of thing. They welcome all types of people, as long as you’re the same type as them. If you're white and privately educated, you may get on well there.

Cons

Very poor, “yes man” promoting culture. Best leave your personality at the door and copy the shared (lack of) personality of the leadership team. They’re about as people first (as they keep promoting) as North Korea, but somehow they’ve said that line enough that the seemingly brainwashed employees actually believe it. Senior management are constant and relentless in telling you what a great place it is to work, during team meetings, whatsapp groups etc. If they detect someone who is not buying in to the dream they pushing on you, that person will quickly be ousted. They can't have the virus spreading. Baringa is a cult lead by white privately educated men. You could work 12 hour days on project for a year, but the person who lead the “team time” quiz and made PG13 gags about being a consultant ("what work life balance, am I right fellow consultants? Haha") will get promoted ahead of you. It's all about being seen to be buying in to the cult. People constantly going on leave due to burnout, it's almost like a badge of honour at Baringa now.

Pros

Good social events planned throughout the year for employees

Cons

This is the probably the worst place to start your career. Here’s why: - Terrible management and training abilities. They "plan" your training, but it's really just on-the-spot training. Good luck if you don't go after individuals to train you. - If you're anything other than a white person, you'll understand what I mean when I say this company is toxic, they are bullies, false "diversity culture" that the firm tries its best to promote. It’s completely fake. - You will constantly feel like you’re walking in egg-shells with these people. They are ignorant and dismissive about all of your positive accomplishments while focusing on your bad criticism as if you haven't done anything right. They are really skilled at playing the game of finger-pointing. They made lots of mistakes themselves but if you make a mistake.. that will be the end. Overall, they completely ruined my corporate experience. I've worked for many successful businesses after being told I wasn’t good enough for them, and I can assure you that other bigger & better companies have a much better real culture and diversity, as well as incredible support on your training. Don't be misled by this business.

Pros

People - smart and genuinely nice people (some of them). Some people will say that a close knit “family like” feeling is a pros, but I’d disagree Looks good on your CV

Cons

Pretty much every aspect of the company Work culture is super toxic dominated by white males. Almost every woman I know have had a burnout and had to take time off to recover within the last year. A lot of people left recently - the key people who were the subject matter experts - I wonder how Baringa will cope without them. At the same time knowledge sharing is quite poor at the company - if a person who was an expert is gone, the expertise is gone. They claim that it’s people first impact that lasts. Yet in fact people are never put first - the favourites are. Huge toxic culture of favouritism and gossips. You’re encourage to overwork, stay longer, have no personal life, boundaries from job - everyone has at least 2 work groups on what’s app. People are brainwashed by the concept of the mythical culture - best workplace, great works place for women and blah blah blah. In fact - this is all to keep you tied to Baringa tight and avoid even looking around for new opportunities.

Pros

- Genuinely friendly people. Have met wonderful and caring seniors who take an interest in your career aspirations and do try to help you. - Plenty of company socials. From the company level all the way to project teams. - Does try to do the right thing but may not always get it right, willing to admit that. - Rapidly expanding, close to 2000 global employees

Cons

- Says they value industry experience but really value those with consulting backgrounds more. You’ll likely have to start at a level below if you join from industry. - If you’re ethnically non-white, constant feedback is generic “lack of confidence” with no real evidence besides vague answers. They do try to be more diverse but lack of ethnic representation at senior management results in lack of role models. - Can be a little cultish with trumpeting how great they are as a firm - Lack of communication between recruiter and your advisor especially around promises made during the interview stage. - Lacks frequent basic core consulting training

Pros

- Great team environment and working on interesting projects - great benefits like private health insurance and team building events - Company is genuinely invested in your career grown

Cons

Main con is the long hours when they to happen, but generally they are much more manageable that typical consulting hours.

Pros

I started off enjoying my time at baringa, with good colleagues and a great breadth of interesting work within energy sector.

Cons

After a few months I found I was struggling with work load. I spoke to peers and seniors, and, while they were sympathetic, they made it clear that this was just the way it was at baringa. I observed colleagues taking time out for mini burn outs very frequently in my first year. I persuaded myself this is just the price of working in an interesting consultancy, and sacrificed my home life to keep doing the job - no evening activities, no meeting friends in the week, etc. I then was told about how much the Partners at baringa earn - it's ridiculous. Loads of them on more than £1m, with responsibility for about 50 staff or fewer. I now realise the business model - the Partners extract as much as they can, saying yes to all client work and letting staff do brutal hours to deliver this. Staff wage rates have barely increased in a decade, but Partner pay has ballooned. The worst thing about it all is that the partners genuinely believe they are "nice guys" just because they are not as bad as Jeff besoz or whoever. They think they are in the right morally, which gives them the cover to pocket these crazy sums. In the end I realised the conditions would never change, because the leadership doesn't want change. So I left for an investment bank - where I have better pay and lower hours.

Pros

good culture and great people to work with

Cons

career growth is complicated and can depend on your relationship with the leadership

Pros

Amazing culture and people who are ways willing to support and help. Great types of work to be involved in and senior leaders promote a healthy work life balance

Cons

There are occasions where a few extra hours are needed to deliver for the client but they are not very frequent. The majority of days are very balanced

Pros

Partners aren't only selling, consultants aren't only delivering - its a well oiled machine where everyone contributes to the bottomline

Cons

Still hasn't been able to establish its own identity (It has a really good one - being curious, being kind - being the most trusted consulting firm) but it hasn't been established yet that everyone knows Baringa for what they are Exit options are very narrow