Company: Deloitte
Date: 2016-09-17
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Manager
Pros: - Good work/life balance compared to other locations due to the public sector focus
- lots of bright people
- friendly atmosphere, not competitive internally. The firm actively promotes inclusive values and you can actually see a lot of diversity ("visible minorities" and women are well represented  at all levels of the organization).
-  the organization is not as vertical as it seems. Partners are busy but are always available for a chat if required.
- Not "bossy" but more collaborative
- rarely idle, even when on the bench. 
- New implemented performance system seems to make some sense (frequent informal check-points, no more year-end lengthy performance review to prepare but a 5-Q online form, meaningful rating system)
- Agile work environment is great to develop network and to stay dynamic
- Great system of "Coach" (i.e. Senior-level performance coach who is not managing you) and "buddy" (peer assigned to help you with everything from networking to answering your newbie "how-to" dummy questions)
- lot of peer support. Even when not easy to obtain information on out-dated intranet, colleagues always have contacts who have contacts who can find you what you need and will usually be very responsive.
- Great work atmosphere overall. 
- HR is pretty much nonexistent (1 person is in charge of all Consulting Ontario/East) but the firm is very supportive if you face personal issues. More than you would expect.
- Deloitte University is a great toy that we are lucky to have and experience.
- The firm is always trying to stay ahead of the game
- The firm is great (in general) at managing clients and building relationships, not acting like so many consulting boutiques or firms by trying to sale just to sale (read: Change Request + staff aug) but aiming at selling by providing added value to the client.
- Looks good on your resume and for good reasons. You will learn a lot and develop a great network.
Cons: - Everyone is expected to work on "PRD" activity (i.e. Sales and "Firm development" which means recruitment, on-boarding, internal projects, PoV). This model does not fit everyone and can create tensions. Promotions/raises/bonuses are officially not only based on your delivery results but also on "how much you contributed to the firm growth".
- The consulting practice has been growing rapidly the last few years and the recruitment has had some holes (some new recruits are very strong but some are awfully week) 
- on-boarding process for experience hires is so-so.
- Coaching consistency should be enforced. A great coach or an uninterested coach can change a lot on your career path and rewards (but you can change easily)
- There could be more satisfaction and less frustration but I dont believe there are many people who drag their feet to come to work, at any level.
- All training is self-paced, on-demand, on-line. For basic mandatory live-training sessions could hugely benefit our delivery quality (power-point for dummies, how to interact with a client for dummies, how to design a process for dummies, how to sale work for d....everyone)
- the mantra "you build your own career" is one the few promoted lines that is pure bs for 3/4 of the workforce.
- Bonus are not bad but salaries tend to be on the low compared to competition despite stellar years for the consulting firm.
- The firm tries a bit to be innovative but there are not really any good drivers for this. Many initiatives eventually dont go anywhere.