11mo
Thanks for your feedback. Whilst I'd obviously disagree with a number of your points, I recognise that the team in Irvine, CA experienced A LOT of churn in 2024 - including at management and leadership level. Since then a new person has been appointed to head up the Irvine team - bringing with him a lot of external experience, and a number of new managers have stepped up from amongst our senior analysts - so I hope that people will give them a chance as they strive for continuous improvement.
Pay is driven fundamentally by profitability and charge rates to clients - maintaining a stable business, avoiding layoffs and ensuring that people can progress their careers and experiences fast are key parts of our approach. This does mean that salary may be behind some other companies, but we reviewed and re-benchmarked our salaries in late 2024 to ensure competitiveness.
Whilst some aspects of business will be driven from Europe where the head office and our parent company are based, all day to day leadership is US based, and centralised training is paid for and created by the UK (though mostly delivered in person by US trainers). It's a shame that you have formed such a negative view from your time with us, but regardless I wish you well with your future endeavours.
Dave Slawson, Associate Director