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What is the culture like, type of work and reputation of Capco in the Data & Analytics space?
I have some good ex colleagues who moved over there and also looked up on LinkedIn and see lots of seemingly smart and accomplished people in their D&A team in the UK.
I'll ask my ex colleagues too, but wanted to see if people here have any opinion or information on this too.
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be prepared for everyone from whatever level you are to juniors acting like they are your boss.
Agree with this. My one advice, check your ego at the door. Be helpful and good - offer some “been there, done that” type of assistance when appropriate - but coming in and leading with that will just get yourself frustrated when the inevitable, less experience person tells you what to do.
Remember you can leave and don’t have to deal with the BS If you don’t want to - but that poor sapp has to ride this out.
Keep in mind that you are more expendable than usual.
The same is true for them though
Most full timers hate where they work, so be prepared to answer a million questions about what it’s like to freelance.
Ha. So true!
Usually you are not invited to town hall like meetings and holiday/summer parties. Depending on the agency they can treat freelancers like their own or treat them like 3rd class citizens. However, you can go home at 5pm without a care in the world...usually. Oh and you make double sometimes triple what a perm employee makes.
Yeah exactly - freelance privilege to avoid all that shit is great
They may not include you in their reindeer games, but that’s a plus in my book. I actually think you get treated with more respect and you get paid for every single second of your time, unlike staff.
You'll love it! You'll feel the freedom of not having to go to endless meetings, mind-numbing status meetings or HR-mandated trainings. You will get very few emails. Come and go when you want. I like that I don't have to fight all the time. If they want something done a certain way I just do it. If they change their minds and want things re-done I'm cool with that because I'm getting paid for every second I work. And I also get overtime if I work more than 8 hours a day. And they also don't involve you in their politics or gossip. So freeing!
*Not* having to get involved in agency politics is the best part
Less obvious benefit: you get a lot smarter at differentiating yourself and learning the extent to which you’ll compromise your value.