Pros
- International - Most consultants are nice and friendly - Flat structure
Cons
- Not really a consulting firm, rather a bodyshop for HSBC - Most jobs are not very interesting (PMO roles or similar) - Many projects are messy, and nobody cares about the quality of projects/delivery (managers and leadership team only care about sales numbers) - Very bad managers - Very messy and chaotic internal organisation - Lack of clarity/transparency/communication on all important subjects (recruitment, performance assessment, promotions, bonuses etc) - Full of politics - There is a big gap between what they say (nice words) and the reality (which is not very nice). - HR is useless - No career growth or progression (except if you are friends with the Partner) - Huge turn-over (many people don't even stay 1 year) - They ask you to do lot of extra work (extra tasks, Community Work), but after you get very little reward for the extra hours - Low salary raises - More generally, they don't value or recognise their people. They just care about sales/revenue numbers - Very bad reputation in the market