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I’ve seen people leave Big4 for Slalom and then have come back. Heard the work at Slalom was more staff aug.
I think all of this REALLY depends not only on office but on area of work and your skills and interests. I joined in the last year and I see that this is a great place to work culture and work life balance wise, and that it’s amazing professionally for people that have good alignment with the strong practices in your local market or who are extremely entrepreneurial/aggressively sales-y and want to try to create a new revenue stream. Personally, I am finding it difficult to find my place (despite being a rock star with top marks for 8+ years at my old firm) because I think my personal skills are just not a great fit to the office. There are other offices I think I would be shining in, but it’s not my geography. I think they are working to find a place for me but it just feels crappy. So I would be really careful about skill match.
I think this is more true at the “leader” levels than the consultant levels.
I have heard this as well - highest value on the consulting and sales
Depends a lot on the practice you’re in. I focus on healthcare technology, and our world is great - reasonable workloads with interesting work, great people, and flexibility.
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Whether slalom is a good fit for you comes down to three things
1. City
2. Group
3. Level
Two other things are certain. Slaloms tech skills are better than better than accentures. And as certain - their people's consulting skills are worse than accentures
The core issue is that slalom does not have a mid tier that mentors new hires. Basically you have senior analyst / entry level consultants pushed 1-2 levels higher than they should be. The more senior people are all in sales like roles and don't have time to mentor the junior people.
It may be a good fit for you if you like being an individual contributor, want to work as few hours as possible or want to bounce to a faang company later on
Mentor
Cant stress the city part enough. Really changes things
Greener pastures, my friend. Feel free to pass along a DM - happy to chat.
Thanks - appreciate the offer to chat. Are you saying Slalom is the greener pastures or not?
Which city is better? Care to rank the top 5 slalom cities and the bottom 5 to avoid?
Is it possible to choose preferred location after the interview process?
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Don’t think that’s feasible since all recruiting is office based (outside the handful of global roles). Like your interviewers will all be from the office you’re interviewing for. That was my experience during my interviews and while in my offices recruiting team.
How is the NJ slalom office in terms of work and culture? (Going for Life Science focus since it’s NJ) Have an offer on the table and really would love any insight!
How much base salary someone can expect for SC level in Slalom NJ?