Good people, struggling to find their niche in Southern California - Anonymous employee Slalom Employee Review
4.0
31 Mar 2015
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 3 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The corporate culture is very employee-eccentric and they diligently tried to be one of the best places to work.
Cons
In the Southern California market, the company struggled to find the service offerings to produce consistent revenues. High turnover and some executive friction prevented the company from replicating its success in other markets.
Slalom Response
11y
This is John Tobin. Thanks for the review and your 3 years working at Slalom. Southern California has been an interesting ride for us and I can appreciate the consistency comment. I feel as we begin to have separate teams focused on OC and LA and as we leverage our National team better in So Cal, we are seeing some of that consistency. I'm proud of the team for working through the challenges and as we are consistently above a $25M revenue run rate in Southern California, I think we have turned the corner. If you have more specific feedback, I would love to hear it - send me an email at johnt@slalom.com.
people are very kind and its a great network to then have for life
Cons
I had 5 managers in 4 years, 3 of which promised me a promotion which I never got
I was strung along in a seperate global team for a year and a half and then when I finally was moved to that group they fired 80% of us
it's now an up or out company and people are leaving faster than business is coming in, that's been happening for 2 yrs
my mental health was so bad i had two burnouts in a single year
my last manager emotionally abused me and made me feel like i was a terrible person. I left believing that was why I was fired until i chatted with another former employee of this manager
work life balance WAS a thing and in the last two years it's now that consultants are also responsible for selling, travel is a non-negotiable but expectations for travel are not transparent and can impact your yearly review,
straight up not enough work and then senior management will make you feel bad for it