- Other than the few pros mentioned above, my experience at Prophet was really horrible. For an organization that consults other organizations on Organizational effectiveness, it's truly awful how little regard they have for their own junior employees. If you're an Associate or Senior Associate, you can't expect that anyone will care about what skills or experience you bring to the table. I felt so undervalued at Prophet. On most projects, I felt invisible --with Partners not even caring to learn my name, let alone what I could contribute to the team. - Zero managerial training on soft skills means that managers don't practice basic skills like delegation, giving feedback, conflict resolution, group dynamics, effective leadership etc. And based on how so many of the EM's, SEM's, and Partners treat people, it's very apparent that these skills are lacking and undervalued. - Partners can act however they want and often have serious egos. As long as they bring in business, Partners are not held accountable for how they manage teams or treat others. In 2 instances, I saw people promoted to Partner level who were known to be difficult to work with and/or poor Project Managers. - It's very difficult to say what Prophet actually does and doesn't do --as it seems they just say yes to nearly anything a client wants. This also means that as a junior member, it's incredibly difficult to grow your skills in 1 area, as projects types are rarely repeatable. It also requires employees to go on a wild good chase to find existing internal material that could be referenced. This creates such inefficiency and frustration. Essentially, if a Partner's done something once, it becomes something Prophet offers. But since the bulk of work falls on those below Partners, this ends up being incredibly messy. - No consistency in how projects are managed. You just have to hope you have a good Project Manager. But there's no consistency in how projects are managed, so again, it's really difficult to grow skills and expectations in this area when starting a new project. - I started off so excited in my role but never felt that Prophet cared about who I was or what I could contribute. - So much fluff in project work. Having now worked for Prophet, I would never hire them. The work is filled with so much fluff and BS. And often, management would actually acknowledge that. The work often just felt meaningless. - The A's and SA's who are most successful at Prophet are the ones who haven't worked elsewhere and exclusively know the "Prophet" way of doing things. They're great at schmoozing Partners. But outside thinking isn't really rewarded or encouraged unless you're a Partner. - There's absolutely no structure on projects. It's often incredibly confusing what the team is actually working towards and I've noticed that when people try to seek clarity, they're often labeled as being unfit for consulting or poor with ambiguity. But part of the problem is, you can't have ambiguity without some autonomy --something A's and SA's are not afforded. -Feedback only goes one way. Down. Upward feedback does not seem to exist at Prophet. It's also not required --which is confusing since Prophet claims to engage in 360 feedback.
