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I only have tangential experience:
- a student work there as an associate
- I know a developer who works there
- I have used them as a vendor
- I am friends with a regional director
From what I gathered, they have a good and real trio culture. However, like any constancy, clients reign supreme so work tends to be very demanding. It may not be uncommon to be giving up some weekends, even holidays. But that’s just consulting in general.
It’s not for everybody.
Whether it’s a people pleasing job can be a matter of point of view. As engineers you wouldn’t necessarily be client-facing that often.
Good clients don’t want you to please them. Everybody is working towards building something good. But to work at a place like Slalom, you have to be ok with not logging off right at 5pm every day. You have to prioritize quality first, then speed. And sometimes that means working more than 9 to 5, but you would be part of something cool and exciting.
And that’s what inspired me all those years. We were building global portals, launching products that would be on every piece of hardware shipped. Even envisioning a world that hasn’t happened yet.