Nepotism has driven the business into the ground - Anonymous employee Rightpoint Employee Review

The company should be reading the negative reviews on Glassdoor to understand why the employees are so frustrated and why the employee turnover has absolutely skyrocketed. The company completely has many issues with nepotism plain and simple. Most likely if the person is in upper management, they were a friend of an owner or higher-level individual and do not possess the qualifications or skillsets to be in the position they were hired for. Many of these individuals don't have the backgrounds or the experience and simply throw around jargon to get by. The firm claims that there are great growth opportunities and that if you prove yourself that you can move up the ranks. Unfortunately, if you do get a promotion, you essentially have the exact same job you did with a different title. Consultants are expected to have a utilization target which is significantly higher than the other firms. The unlimited PTO does impact your utilization, so good luck trying to take time off while trying to hit their number. Leaders inspire and can be looked up to, the people you have put in charge simply have authority. Many of the employees are very smart but are too afraid to speak their minds. Stupid phrases like “we have more momentum now than ever in the history of the company”, “move the needle”, “gritty”, “makers”, is the weakest façade and everyone sees through it, but clap like seals when they are announced since they are too afraid to speak up. To add insult to injury these empty phrases typically require a leadership offsite meeting in order to derive these gems of wisdom. The project work is also brutal. If you are hoping for a sprint planning or requirements, you will need to look elsewhere. The company has a few very good PM’s, but most of them are just there to take a paycheck. They rarely if ever will call out scope creep and do not protect the team, “anything for a client” mentality. The company has no issues with burning consultants out and appears to believe that talent grows on trees. The saddest part about the whole experience though was how Rightpoint treats employees when they leave the firm. Individuals who you had spent years with will drop you fast and will pretend like you never worked at the firm. I watched so many employees walk out those doors their final time and many of them were not said a word to during their last two weeks outside of the mandatory HR meetings. The true colors of the firm come out when their back is against the wall and when it does you can catch a glimpse of the new and unfortunately very real RP. I once thought I would retire at this company, so leaving this review was bitter sweet. This review was very honest, so I should preface that I left on my own accord. It is a shame that the company’s management seems that it would rather serve a handful of their close friends by sacrificing the employees who have trusted you to have their best interests in mind.