Company: Deloitte
Date: 2013-12-19
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Would not recommend Chicago's ERS Advisory
Pros: +Recent quality push with new methodologies and technologies is the right thing to do
+Ability to hire very strong recruits, which leads to very capable team members
+Most people I work with (Consultants - Senior Managers) are nice but stressed
+Large well known clients leading to "Big 4" exposure
Cons: -Partners like to say that "you own your career", which I do tend to agree, but they take it to the extreme and in effect are saying "this is your problem - fix it yourself"
-Unsustainable model, especially for the Assurance teams (FSICA, IAT, SOC) that test controls. Non-stop new guidances and new requirements, but the budget stays the same and there are not enough Senior Consultants or Consultants to support the workload
-Unwilling to entertain requests to move to other practices within Deloitte. Partners are offended when you express the interest to move to other market offerings and makes it as difficult for you to achieve your goals as possible, since it's all about them. 
-Performance management culture (called "consensus meetings") tends to beat people down and as opposed to bring people up
-Politics