Meat-Grinder mentality - Anonymous employee Capco Employee Review

3.0
22 Mar 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can get promoted, eventually

Cons

At the cost of being battered into submission about how you should be working past 6pm and on useless team meetings at 7am. Also once you start billing bench time, start looking at new job postings because you are short-listed for a layoff. Would be nice if the sales team had layoffs as they cant seem to land any new work either.

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Capco Response
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We are sorry to read your comments on Capco. As with any consulting firm, billability is considered as part of an individual’s overall performance review, however, this is alongside many other factors including their performance in their role. There is no expectation for an individual to work long hours for a sustained period to achieve promotion and this is certainly not part of our promotion criteria. We place a firm focus on wellbeing at Capco and this is supported through our global Wellbeing@Capco group, sponsored by senior leadership. Indeed, Capco’s approach to wellbeing is frequently highlighted as a strength on this forum. Likewise, we expect that individuals may spend some time on the bench in between projects as this is the nature of consulting. If you would like to discuss your feedback further or would like additional support, please reach out to your HR Business Partner.

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