FGS Global Reviews

**BEWARE to anyone interviewing for the health care gov affairs team in DC.** I encourage you to explicitly ask what the turnover rate is, how many people they’ve lost over the last two years, and why they are losing people so quickly. One manager is single-handedly responsible for losing numerous people on the team. The team lacks adequate managers and there is no formal onboarding process. They came off as incredibly warm and inviting during the interview process but once you’re hired, the managers refuse to provide basic support to staff, discourage you from asking questions, and are quick to dismiss any concerns or feedback. The junior staff on the team was great— but it was clear they were also consistently overworked and unappreciated. Even when you try to communicate concerns/bandwidth issues to the managers, they do nothing to alleviate the issue, let alone acknowledge it. I am almost a decade into my professional career and have never felt so gaslit, dismissed, and discouraged by my bosses. I cannot speak to the rest of the firm, (though they generally seemed much happier and their managers seemed much more receptive), but I highly advise against working on this team.

The merger happened several years ago and there is still obviously a divergent culture and a lack of direction about promotions, raises and how you can actually move up at the company. Legacy promotion cycles are still very much a thing, so some people with the same amount of experience as you, working on the same clients for the same amount of time at the firm, will get promoted because their legacy firm has a different promotion cycle. They still have yet to really outline what it takes to move up. Also the bonuses this year were much lower and they have not really raised salaries, because there is some sort of obvious underlying financial issue despite telling staff that the net profit is up. The 401k match is a bit crazy because it is supposed to post in March and it’s nearly June and it still hasn’t matched yet. There’s a lot of positive publicity about the firm but I sense a lot of unhappiness and low morale because of the above reasons. Lots of people have departed in the last few months which is why they’re on a hiring spree.