Pros
The project work can be super interesting and generally speaking, the product is impactful for the customers using it. If you are great at networking also, your customers you are working with could potentially become your next employer as well.
Cons
If you are working out of the west coast consulting org be prepared to have zero advancement in your career. You will be over worked, under valued, and under paid. Processes and procedures are forever changing and some are not for the best. One week you will be told to operate/ execute one way and then a few weeks later that all will change. Leadership has established a toxic culture where you will never feel good enough at your job due to level of “readiness” to advance professionally. The executive team preaches a 70% readiness for career advancement but consulting leadership in the West communicates that as you are either 100% or you will be passed over. Fun fact, nobody is ever 100% ready for the next role and they need the opportunity to grow with those new responsibilities. It’s a pretty laughable difference between career progressions from the East Coast office, since they are so frequent and the West Coast office, since they are so rare. Promotions also do not exist so be prepared to interview for each new role. There has currently been a good bit of attrition happening as well with folks either moving internally to different orgs or leaving Smartsheet all together.
