Not a company to grow your management consulting career - Anonymous employee Ember Group Employee Review

Thank you for your review of the company. We understand that there is more to life than just work, so we appreciate and promote the reality that all our employees deserve a healthy work-life/balance. As such, we strive to keep our working arrangements flexible and it’s great to hear that you’ve benefited from this. We’re also proud of our career development opportunities, particularly but not exclusively at more junior levels. We’re concerned by your observations about the management style and standards. It’s not something we hear often, but we know how important it is for managers at all levels to set the standards. That’s something we emphasise in our leadership and management training and we believe – based on the full range of feedback we gather – that most of the time we are getting it right. But feedback like yours helps us reflect on what we do and how we do it.

Thank you for your feedback. We’re glad that overall you have a positive outlook and feel that you’ve had a good work/life balance here, despite the concerns you’ve raised. We’re naturally interested in these, and would love to hear more about the issues you’ve experienced; if there’s a way you’d be comfortable to discuss them with a manager, that would be of real value to us (and hopefully to you). We know that in any organisation there are some conflicts, some difficult personal relationships and some dissatisfaction with management. In general, we’re happy that we don’t encounter many of these at Ember. But we’re not resting on our laurels; we’re constantly reviewing processes, particularly around project delivery, and our business structure – where becoming part of the Davies Group has definitely helped. We also provide ongoing leadership training to all managers; and through team days, regular meetings and emails, we aim to strengthen company communication and make things as transparent as possible. We appreciate the stresses of the consulting world can be challenging at times and that can lead to moments of drama – that pass very quickly. What we do consistently see is overwhelmingly positive client feedback for the hard work of our employees – something which we are extremely grateful for.