Slalom Managers the worst - Senior Consultant Slalom Employee Review

1.0
21 Apr 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of new projects and technologies to work on, not necessarily on one's own domain

Cons

Speedy burn-out due to numerous reviews and pressure to exceed every time. Managers are pressured to perform, this in-turn translates to employees being pressured to work themselves to exhaustion. Slaloms policy is to work the employee out to the max. Every which way. Grow Slalom, Customer Love, Exceed Client Expectations, Reviews, Leadership initiatives, Technology and Practice growth targets. Simply performing at client site is also not enough. It gets overwhelming. I don't think a Senior Consultant can keep a healthy family life with all the targets flying around.

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Slalom Response
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This is John Tobin. I encourage you to talk to your people manager about the stress you are feeling. I can't argue that we strive for continued excellence in all that we do, but I also feel we are empathetic to how our employees are feeling. If you want to share more with me, simply email me at johnt@slalom.com to set up a time to talk. Alternatively, if you’d like to share more feedback anonymously, please consider doing so via this survey: http://slalom.ws/anonsurvey.

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