Great people, poor benefits - Consultant Slalom Employee Review

3.0
1 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The people; HR/Recruiting does a great job finding and hiring amazing people - Leadership is great and accessible - Strong team atmosphere - Lots of collaboration between markets; other consultants are eager to assist and/or answer questions - Sabbatical after 6,000 billed hours (75% of pay for 4 weeks; This should be changed to 100% or 100% for 3 weeks; who wants to take a 25% pay cut for a month?)

Cons

- Benefits need a lot of improvement; 401k match is atrocious (25% of 6%, potential of 1.5% of salary, only eligible after 1 yr); no paternity leave and only 8 weeks for maternity ; only 7 paid holidays; only 3 weeks PTO and doesn't increase much with tenure; dental insurance is a bad value - Policies can feel punitive (bonus only applied to portion of salary, development expenses have to be repaid if you leave within 6 months, sabbatical pay and benefits repaid if you leave within 3 months, must return for a month before being paid for maternity leave) - Lot of work is individual in nature, so can be lonely being the only one at a client - No reimbursement for mileage/parking at client; also, depending on the client, commute can be very long - Career growth/promotion process and requirements are unclear

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Slalom Response
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This is John Tobin - Thanks for your insights. We are revisiting our benefits currently and your feedback helps with that. Feel free to reach out to me directly if you ever wanted to talk more about this - just email me at johnt@slalom.com and we can figure out how best to connect. Thanks

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