Big4 or Slalom for Salesforce? Have competitive offers from both for a technical role, which do I pick? I'm so confused!!!

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im at slalom now - salesforce practice - purely technical

i was at d before, and it was a terrible experience for me personally. i enjoy building so functional roles are a no no, which is all d caters to (thanks to outsourcing)

left and joined slalom for much higher pay, fantastic wlb (rarely work after 4pm), and love the work

feel free to dm with any questions

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Can 100% echo this as a technical Salesforce consultant.

The #1 thing you need as a tech consultant is time to do deep thinking/solutioning. But how the hell can I do that if I need to be on every single call because I’m the only one who knows what’s going on. I’m dragged into sit/UAT/HyperCare convos, have to click through the system for people, talk through issues, etc. There’s no time for me to think of a solution that works.

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Since we’re heading towards a remote work environment, I would absolutely lean to slalom.

The main reason that big4 was better IMO was better capacity + travel perks + experience, but with wfh, it’s been awful and really wish I worked for a company that was onshore focused and emphasized wlb

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Agreed, doing SI at Slalom with all onshore delivery is very different than managing teams offshore that work all night.

In my experience you can delivery a higher quality product with smaller team on-shore. This works well for the small to medium sized projects Slalom takes on.

I will say the big firms know how to deliver at scale and tend to have more training and polish than a lot of Slalom consultants that have tech skills, but limited big firm experience.

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Salesforce is Slalom's largest partner, there are lofty goals for growth over the next five years. It's a great opportunity to get in now and push for your own career growth as the practice trajectory goes up.

I'm biased so take this part for what it's worth, Slalom is one of the best places I've worked. Great people, great culture, interesting projects, and lots of opportunity for growth.

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Depends on your goal, you will most likely be on larger Salesforce projects at Big 4 which are more complex. Great for learning quickly but terrible work life balance.

Slalom may also have some interesting Salesforce projects but they will rarely be on the scale of Big 4. Since they follow an onshore model, they simply do not have enough resources to take on huge projects. Work life balance is great and the culture is great. Their initial offer should be comparable if not higher than Big 4 but raises after that will be peanuts.

If you’re ok with the grind, I would choose Big 4. If you want a good balance with your personal life, I would choose Slalom. If you’re a developer and want to be hands on, choose Slalom.

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SC1, what’s your average deal size?

When I left Slalom a couple years ago it was around $300k.

A $3-5M local project would prompt a company wide email from Brad Jackson...

Not saying you don’t win some big deals, but they are almost certainly going to be smaller at Slalom, especially considering their focus on mid-market and fragmented local franchise model that disincentivizes collaboration between offices.

Speaking from Big4 experience -
Positives - big teams , so opportunity to network with a lot of people / maybe a bit of brand recognition (highly debatable though) / opportunity to work on large scale complex projects (ex. IT transformation as part of M&A deal /etc.)
Negative - has a lot of offshore work (you have late night / early morning calls) / you need to do a lot of work outside project (proposal / initiatives / etc. ) to stand out. / easy to feel lost in a sea of consultants.

These are my opinions :)

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Yup, but all that demanding work usually = more professional experience in less time

Depends on which Big 4 and what youre looking for. I would lean Slalom though. A lot of my old coworkers went there and love it.

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Depends a lot on what part of Slalom... is it cross market or a local office?

Don’t know much about Chicago. One of the oldest and largest offices, but may not be as mature as some the newer ones as Slalom transitioned more to tech consulting in the last 5-10 years

I heard that Slalom is where your career goes to die because there are so many older professionals who want the good work life balance with families.

lol, if you want to do interesting work at any company you need to have skills that are in demand

staff aug (usually) results when you dont

source - im at slalom and love the technical work (never done staff aug)

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