Ambition without preparation - Senior Consultant Fractal Employee Review

1.0
20 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-WFH -Good Food -Good / friendly team members

Cons

The firm has taken a drastic slump over the last 1 year. Teams are understaffed and delivery pressure is immense. I personally know of people who have spent 3-4 weeks (including weekends) working in excess of 12 hours. The employee engagement is at an all time low . You will especially be under pressure if you are a new hire. You will not get a chance to settle in, and will be queried for lack of performance for no fault of your own. The natural learning curve (which is but natural) does not exist for you. There is a complete mismatch in what the firm projects and what it is prepared for. Performance is squeezed out of employees by staffing them in multiple projects. Work is generally tedious and not of great interest/ quality The firms believes in achieving unrealistic targets by not accounting for the underlying skill-set of employees thus leading to employees being stretched

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