Pros
- Work life balance - you get the balance If you can say "no". In any company, you just need to stand up for yourself and say "no" sometimes. For high performers who don't know how to say "no", they're more likely to exceed bandwith and don't have a work life balance. Recently gave employees access to mequilibrium and cariloop which are wellness and personal care services - People - Alight is able to attract one of the best people to work with: down to earth, smart and understanding. Probably because most consultants that join this firm have a family and wanted the work life balance/remote work flexibility - Remote Work Flexibility - they have offices in most major cities, but it is not required to go into the office. Most of the team works remote anyways. This was one of their selling points pre pandemic, now it is more common in other firms - Upper management - actually listen and answer questions during townhalls, they are transparent in explaining certain decisions, managers are taught to care for the colleagues - Opportunities - If you are looking for challenging work or potential training, there are a lot of great opportunities. They do believe in building knowledge within the teams - Team building - they make a lot of effort and invest in creating a "team" environment virtually. Ranging from salsa with leadership to various resources for diversity/inclusion, health and wellness awareness. - Time off - flexibility to take time off when you need it as long as you get the job done. Good absence policy with PTO, floating holidays, sick time off, holidays. 14 weeks of paid maternity and 8 weeks of paid paternity leave.
Cons
High attrition right now due to: - low salary compared to other consulting firms - they keep on talking about giving consultants market adjustments, but realistically it is mainly geared towards people who are looking to leave. They say that in exchange for low salary, employees get to work from home but that's not unique anymore since other firms have virtual teams too - promotions does not equate a big salary bump: they prefer that you perform at least a year before getting the title, once promoted the salary increase is similar to a normal merit increase (1-5%) - leadership - lots of changes to leadership causing uncertainty. Of course, after becoming Public, everything has to be thoughtfully played out. - quarterly bonus structure - changed the bonus structure, but still not as competitive as other companies. Bonus is partially dependent on the financial health of the practice, so if we don't meet the goals, we can potentially not get any bonus at all even if they consultants worked very hard and delivered. Bonuses payout are often delayed, this may improve once they are familiar with the new process - high turnover resulted in a lot of workload on remaining workforce, making them feel burnt out. - PTO: time off is based on tenure, you can negotiate your package for more time off. However, PTO does not roll over to the next year, so you must use it or you'll lose it. - Healthcare package - Alight doesn't pay much of the healthcare package or they did a bad job negotiating, employees have to pay a lot for normal healthcare
